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overcast 1. Meteorol (of the sky) more than 95 per cent cloud-covered 2. Meteorol the state of the sky when more than 95 per cent of it is cloud-covered overcast [′ō·vər‚kast] (meteorology) Pertaining to a sky cover of 1.0 (95% or more) when at least a portion of this amount is attributable to clouds or obscuring phenomena aloft, that is, when the total sky cover is not due entirely to surface-based obscuring phenomena. Cloud layer that covers most or all of the sky; generally, a widespread layer of clouds such as that which is considered typical of a warm front. (mining engineering) An enclosed airway to permit one air current to pass over another without interruption. To move overburden removed from coal mined from surface mines to an area from which the coal has been mined. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It was frosty and the air was sharp, but toward evening the sky became overcast and it began to thaw. The weather was overcast and rainy, and a general gloom pervaded the camp; the voyageurs sat smoking in groups, with their shoulders as high as their heads, croaking their foreboding, when suddenly towards evening a shout of joy gave notice that the lost men were found. But, toward three o'clock in the morning, while Joe was on guard, the temperature suddenly fell; the sky became overcast with clouds, and the darkness increased. |
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