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cumulus

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cumulus: see cloud cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air. Formation of Clouds


Clouds are formed when air containing water vapor is cooled below a critical temperature called the dew point and the resulting moisture condenses into
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cumulus
1. Meteorol a bulbous or billowing white or dark grey cloud associated with rising air currents
2. Histology the mass of cells surrounding a recently ovulated egg cell in a Graafian follicle
cumulus [′kyü·myə·ləs]
(geochemistry)
The accumulation of minerals which have precipitated from a liquid without having been modified by later crystallization.
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From his bed he could see the great cumulus clouds that hung in the blue sky.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
These canisters smashed on striking the ground--they did not explode--and incontinently disengaged an enormous volume of heavy, inky vapour, coiling and pour- ing upward in a huge and ebony cumulus cloud, a gaseous hill that sank and spread itself slowly over the surrounding country.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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