cirrostratusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈstɹeɪtəs/, /-ˈstɹɑː-/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌsɪɹoʊˈstɹeɪtəs/, /-ˈstɹɑ-/, /-ˈstɹæ-/, [-ɾəs]
• 韻: -eɪtəs, -ɑːtəs, -ætəs
• ハイフネーション: cir‧ro‧stra‧tus

名詞

cirrostratus (plural cirrostrati)

1. (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Cs

   • 1803 July, Luke Howard, “XVIII. On the Modifications of Clouds, and on the Principles of Their Production, Suspension, and Destruction; being the Substance of an Essay Read before the Askesian Society in the Session 1802–3.”, in Alexander Tilloch, editor, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume XVI, number 62, London: […] [Richard Taylor] for Alexander Tilloch; and sold by Messrs. Richardson, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 99 and 103:

     [page 99] Cirro-stratus. […] Horizontal or slightly 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. […] [page 103] The cirro-stratus precedes wind and rain, the near or distant approach of which may sometimes be estimated from its greater or less abundance and permanence.

関連する語

• cirrostrative
• cirrostratous

参照

Further reading

• cirrostratus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “cirro-stratus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2025.

アナグラム

• stratocirrus