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altostratus

altostratus

English

Noun

altostratus ‎(plural altostrati)

(physics, meteorology). A principal medium-level cloud type in the form of a gray or bluish (never white) sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance.

Synonyms

(abbreviation) As.

Translations

cloud type

Chinese:

Cantonese: 高層雲, 高层云 ‎(gau¹cang⁴wan⁴)

Mandarin: 高層雲 (zh), 高层云 (zh) ‎(gāocéngyún)
French: altostratus (fr) m
Icelandic: gráblika (is) f

Japanese: 高層雲 ‎(こうそううん, kōsōun), 朧雲 ‎(おぼろぐも, oborogumo)
Latin: altostratus m, nubes altostrata f
Portuguese: alto-estrato m, altostratus m, altostrato m
Russian: высоко-слои́стая f ‎(vysoko-sloístaja)
Serbo-Croatian: altostratus (sh) m
Spanish: altostrato m

References

FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents.

Portuguese

Noun

altostratus m (plural altostratus)

Alternative form of alto-estrato

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

altostratus m ‎(Cyrillic spelling алтостратус)

(physics) altostratus