stratus

IPA: strˈætʌs

noun

  • (meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St.
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Examples of "stratus" in Sentences

  • Stratus then began wrestling part time.
  • Stratus also had one song as a movie soundtrack.
  • They are similar to lower altitude stratus clouds.
  • Stratus clouds may produce a light drizzle or snow.
  • GAZ continues to produce the Stratus under license there.
  • Please clarify the title of your article on Balach's stratus.
  • Stratus won the match after surprising Moore with a backslide pin.
  • Jacqueline knocked Stratus again but Stratus sent her in the corner.
  • Stratus formations at higher altitudes include altostratus and cirrostratus.
  • But the sky ... beautiful layers of cloud: cirrus, cumulus, stratus lying in runs from horizon to horizon.
  • The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is.
  • This sounds more like a wake than a new deal administration, except for the party-time swearing-in festivities that do absolutely nothing to change the stratus-quo. —
  • Inside is the chronometer-certified Breitling Calibre 32 movement, and the watch can be purchased with a volcano black, Air Force blue, tungsten gray or stratus silver dial.
  • I kept to my hands and knees, like a little drunk myself, creeping down the hallway under the stratus cloud of smoke, under the radar, until I found the door with the dark stairs going down.
  • Most likely, it was one of the 10 great species of clouds, beginning with low- altitude cumulus ("cotton-wool puffs"), stratocumulus ("a low layer or patch of cloud") and stratus (a "gray overcast layer").
  •   When Haymes explained how the postcards would be displayed in the gallery, in patches ranging from the walls to the ceiling, almost like clouds, cumulus in places, stratus in others, most agreed the project not only had potential but could actually mirror something about the human condition.

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