cirro-

a combining form representing cirrus, in compound words:

cirrostratus.

Also, cirri-.

Related Words

cirri-
cirrocumulus
cirrostratus

cirro-a combining form of cirrus as in cirrocumulus.

cirro-
combining form

ETYMOLOGY New Latin cirrus

: cirrus
cirrostratus

cirro-|ˈsɪrəʊ|combining form of cirrus.1. Bot. and Zool., as in cirro-pinnate, -pinnated adjs., pinnate, with a tendril. ˈcirrostome a., having the mouth cirrose or bearded; also subst.2. Meteorol., as in cirro-ˈcumulus, a form of cloud combining the shapes of the cirrus and cumulus and consisting mainly of a series of roundish and fleecy cloudlets in contact with one another; hence cirro-cumular, -cumulated, -cumulative, -cumulous adjs. cirro-filum (see quot.). cirro-ˈstratus, a form of cloud combining the shapes of the cirrus and stratus, consisting of horizontal or inclined sheets attenuated upwards into light cirri; hence cirro-strative, -stratous adjs.1837Athenæum 28 Jan. 64/2 Drifting across the sky in *cirrocumular patches.1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxv. (1856) 318 The *cirro-cumulated resemblances of Hood and Richardson.1815T. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phenom i. §5. 17 A state of aqueous gas, which, from peculiarities in the electric state of the air, may assume the *cirrocumulative form.Ibid. ii. §12. 78 A cloud composed..of little *cirrocumulous nubeculae.1803L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 4 *Cirro-cumulus, small, well defined, roundish masses, in close horizontal arrangement or contact.1878Huxley Physiogr. iii. (ed. 2) 43 The ‘mackerel sky’ is due to numerous detached clouds of the composite forms termed ‘cirro-cumulus’.1883Athenæum 30 June 833/2 On the Structure of the Ice-cloud disposed in Threads, proposed to be called *Cirro-filum.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, *Cirro-pinnated [leaf], the extremity of whose petiole has one or more tendrils.1881Sci. American 26 Feb. 130 The true fishes form one class..the lancelets and *cirrostomes a class.1815T. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phenom. ii. §12. 79 The cloud which gives..the makerel-back sky is composed of the long waving *cirrostrative nubeculæ, but these sometimes acquire the apparent substance and solid look of cirrocumulus.1803L. Howard Modif. Clouds. (1865) 4 *Cirro-stratus, horizontal or slighty inclined masses attenuated towards a part or the whole of their circumference, bent downward, or undulated; separate, or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters.1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. 3. iii. §19 Low horizontal bars or fields of cloud (cirrostratus) associate themselves, more especially before storms, with the true cumulus.

cirro-

word-forming element meaning "involving cirrus clouds," from comb. form of Latin cirrus (see cirrus).

cirro- /ˈsɪrəʊ/ combining form of cirrus: see -o-.

DERIVATIVE cirroˈcumulus noun, pl. -li, /-lʌɪ, -li:/, Meteorology a cloud or cloud type occurring at high altitude (usu. 5 to 13 km, 16,500 to 45,000 ft) and having the appearance of a rippled, granulated, or otherwise broken layer E19.
cirroˈstratus noun (Meteorology) a cloud or cloud type occurring at high altitude (usu. 5 to 13 km, 3 to 8 miles) and forming a thin, more or less uniform layer E19.

cirro-
— see cirr-

cirro-

Prefix

meteorology Forms terms related to clouds of high étage

Etymology

From cirrus.

词汇	cirro-
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Webster Wiktionary cirro- 或 cirri- pref.（前缀） Cirrus cloud: 卷云： cirrostratus. 卷层云语源 From cirrus 源自 cirrus cirro- or cirri- combining form indicating cirrus or cirri ⇒ cirrocumulus ⇒ cirriped cirro- 1 a combining form representing cirrus, in compound words: cirrostratus. Also, cirri-. Related Words cirri- cirrocumulus cirrostratus cirro-a combining form of cirrus as in cirrocumulus. cirro- combining form ETYMOLOGY New Latin cirrus : cirrus cirrostratus cirro-\|ˈsɪrəʊ\|combining form of cirrus.1. Bot. and Zool., as in cirro-pinnate, -pinnated adjs., pinnate, with a tendril. ˈcirrostome a., having the mouth cirrose or bearded; also subst.2. Meteorol., as in cirro-ˈcumulus, a form of cloud combining the shapes of the cirrus and cumulus and consisting mainly of a series of roundish and fleecy cloudlets in contact with one another; hence cirro-cumular, -cumulated, -cumulative, -cumulous adjs. cirro-filum (see quot.). cirro-ˈstratus, a form of cloud combining the shapes of the cirrus and stratus, consisting of horizontal or inclined sheets attenuated upwards into light cirri; hence cirro-strative, -stratous adjs.1837Athenæum 28 Jan. 64/2 Drifting across the sky in cirrocumular patches.1853Kane Grinnell Exp.* xxxv. (1856) 318 The cirro-cumulated resemblances of Hood and Richardson.1815T. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phenom* i. §5. 17 A state of aqueous gas, which, from peculiarities in the electric state of the air, may assume the cirrocumulative form.Ibid. ii. §12. 78 A cloud composed..of little cirrocumulous nubeculae.1803L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 4 Cirro-cumulus, small, well defined, roundish masses, in close horizontal arrangement or contact.1878Huxley Physiogr.* iii. (ed. 2) 43 The ‘mackerel sky’ is due to numerous detached clouds of the composite forms termed ‘cirro-cumulus’.1883Athenæum 30 June 833/2 On the Structure of the Ice-cloud disposed in Threads, proposed to be called Cirro-filum.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp.* s.v. Leaf, Cirro-pinnated [leaf], the extremity of whose petiole has one or more tendrils.1881Sci. American 26 Feb. 130 The true fishes form one class..the lancelets and cirrostomes a class.1815T. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phenom. ii. §12. 79 The cloud which gives..the makerel-back sky is composed of the long waving cirrostrative nubeculæ, but these sometimes acquire the apparent substance and solid look of cirrocumulus.1803L. Howard Modif. Clouds.* (1865) 4 Cirro-stratus, horizontal or slighty inclined masses attenuated towards a part or the whole of their circumference, bent downward, or undulated; separate, or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters.1846Ruskin Mod. Paint.* I. ii. 3. iii. §19 Low horizontal bars or fields of cloud (cirrostratus) associate themselves, more especially before storms, with the true cumulus. cirro- word-forming element meaning "involving cirrus clouds," from comb. form of Latin cirrus (see cirrus). cirro- /ˈsɪrəʊ/ combining form of cirrus: see -o-. DERIVATIVE cirroˈcumulus noun, pl. -li, /-lʌɪ, -li:/, Meteorology a cloud or cloud type occurring at high altitude (usu. 5 to 13 km, 16,500 to 45,000 ft) and having the appearance of a rippled, granulated, or otherwise broken layer E19. cirroˈstratus noun (Meteorology) a cloud or cloud type occurring at high altitude (usu. 5 to 13 km, 3 to 8 miles) and forming a thin, more or less uniform layer E19. cirro- — see cirr- cirro- Prefix meteorology Forms terms related to clouds of high étage Etymology From cirrus.
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