cirro-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Etymology: Combining form of cirrus n.¹

1. Botany and Zoology.

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cirro-pinnate adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪneɪt/

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪnᵻt/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈpɪˌneɪt/

cirro-pinnated adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪneɪtᵻd/

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪnᵻtᵻd/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈpɪˌneɪdᵻd/

/ˌsɪroʊˈpɪnᵻdᵻd/

pinnate, with a tendril.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Cirro-pinnated [leaf], the extremity of whose petiole has one or more tendrils.

ˈcirrostome adj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪrə(ʊ)stəʊm/

U.S.

/ˈsɪrəˌstoʊm/

/ˈsɪroʊˌstoʊm/

having the mouth cirrose or bearded; also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > barbel > fish having

beardy1880

cirrostome1881

1881 Sci. Amer. 26 Feb. 130 The true fishes form one class..the lancelets and cirrostomes a class.

2. Meteorology.

cirro-ˈcumulus n.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿləs/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələs/

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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus > cirro-cumulus

cirro-cumulus1803

mackerel-back1814

sonder-cloud1816

mackerel clouds1830

mackerel flecks1940

1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 4 Cirro-cumulus, small, well defined, roundish masses, in close horizontal arrangement or contact.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) iii. 43 The ‘mackerel sky’ is due to numerous detached clouds of the composite forms termed ‘cirro-cumulus’.

cirro-cumular adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿlə/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələr/

see cirro-cumulus n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus

cirro-cumulative1813

cirro-cumulous1815

cirro-cumular1837

cirro-cumulated1853

1837 Athenæum 28 Jan. 64/2 Drifting across the sky in cirrocumular patches.

cirro-cumulated adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿleɪtᵻd/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjəˌleɪdᵻd/

see cirro-cumulus n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus

cirro-cumulative1813

cirro-cumulous1815

cirro-cumular1837

cirro-cumulated1853

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxv. 318 The cirro-cumulated resemblances of Hood and Richardson.

cirro-cumulative adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿlətɪv/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjəˌleɪdɪv/

/ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələdɪv/

see cirro-cumulus n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus

cirro-cumulative1813

cirro-cumulous1815

cirro-cumular1837

cirro-cumulated1853

1813 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. i. 17 A state of aqueous gas, which, from peculiarities in the electric state of the air, may assume the cirrocumulative form.

cirro-cumulous adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿləs/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələs/

see cirro-cumulus n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus

cirro-cumulative1813

cirro-cumulous1815

cirro-cumular1837

cirro-cumulated1853

1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 78 A cloud composed..of little cirrocumulous nubeculae.

cirro-filum n.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈfʌɪləm/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈfaɪləm/

/ˌsɪroʊˈfiləm/

(see quot.).

ΚΠ

1883 Athenæum 30 June 833/2 On the Structure of the Ice-cloud disposed in Threads, proposed to be called Cirro-filum.

cirro-macula n.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈmakjᵿlə/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈmækjələ/

ΚΠ

1894 W. C. Ley Cloudland vi. §116. 134 Cirro-macula always consists of ice, and nearly always is combined with a few threads of ice-particles.

cirro-stratous adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstreɪtəs/

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstrɑːtəs/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪdəs/

/ˌsɪroʊˈstrɑdəs/

/ˌsɪroʊˈstrædəs/

= cirro-strative adj.

ΚΠ

1813 Philos. Mag. 41 398 I noticed..large beds of cirrus of flimsy but fibrous structure, changed into larger and more discriminative cirro-stratous lines.

cirro-ˈstratus n.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstreɪtəs/

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstrɑːtəs/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪdəs/

/ˌsɪroʊˈstrɑdəs/

/ˌsɪroʊˈstrædəs/

a form of cloud combining the shapes of the cirrus and stratus, consisting of horizontal or inclined sheets attenuated upwards into light cirri.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > stratus > cirro-stratus or strato-cirrus

cirro-stratus1803

wane-cloud1823

strato-cirrus1880

1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 4 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.

1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 3) I. 234 Low horizontal bars or fields of cloud (cirrostratus), which associate themselves so frequently more—especially before storms—with the true cumulus.

cirro-strative adj.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstreɪtɪv/

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstrɑːtɪv/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪdɪv/

/ˌsɪroʊˈstrɑdɪv/

/ˌsɪroʊˈstrædɪv/

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to stratus > cirro-stratus

cirro-strative1815

1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 79 The cloud which gives..the makerelback sky is composed of the long waving cirrostrative nubeculæ, but these sometimes acquire the apparent substance and solid look of cirrocumulus.

cirro-velum n.

Brit.

/ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈviːləm/

U.S.

/ˌsɪroʊˈviləm/

ΚΠ

1894 W. C. Ley Cloudland vi. § 106. 128 It is difficult perhaps to understand how threads of Cirro-filum can become twisted together and interwoven so as to form Cirro-velum.

1894 W. C. Ley Cloudland vi. § 113. 132 The festoons or ‘pocks’ of Cirro-velum Mammatum appear much smoother and more regular than those of lower clouds of Reversed Interfret.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cirro-
释义	cirro-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Etymology: Combining form of cirrus n.¹ 1. Botany and Zoology. Categories » cirro-pinnate adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪneɪt/ , /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪnᵻt/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈpɪˌneɪt/ cirro-pinnated adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪneɪtᵻd/ , /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈpɪnᵻtᵻd/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈpɪˌneɪdᵻd/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈpɪnᵻdᵻd/ pinnate, with a tendril. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Cirro-pinnated [leaf], the extremity of whose petiole has one or more tendrils. ˈcirrostome adj. Brit. /ˈsɪrə(ʊ)stəʊm/ , U.S. /ˈsɪrəˌstoʊm/ , /ˈsɪroʊˌstoʊm/ having the mouth cirrose or bearded; also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > barbel > fish having beardy1880 cirrostome1881 1881 Sci. Amer. 26 Feb. 130 The true fishes form one class..the lancelets and cirrostomes a class. 2. Meteorology. cirro-ˈcumulus n. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿləs/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələs/ 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. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus > cirro-cumulus cirro-cumulus1803 mackerel-back1814 sonder-cloud1816 mackerel clouds1830 mackerel flecks1940 1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 4 Cirro-cumulus, small, well defined, roundish masses, in close horizontal arrangement or contact. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) iii. 43 The ‘mackerel sky’ is due to numerous detached clouds of the composite forms termed ‘cirro-cumulus’. cirro-cumular adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿlə/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələr/ see cirro-cumulus n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus cirro-cumulative1813 cirro-cumulous1815 cirro-cumular1837 cirro-cumulated1853 1837 Athenæum 28 Jan. 64/2 Drifting across the sky in cirrocumular patches. cirro-cumulated adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿleɪtᵻd/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjəˌleɪdᵻd/ see cirro-cumulus n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus cirro-cumulative1813 cirro-cumulous1815 cirro-cumular1837 cirro-cumulated1853 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxv. 318 The cirro-cumulated resemblances of Hood and Richardson. cirro-cumulative adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿlətɪv/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjəˌleɪdɪv/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələdɪv/ see cirro-cumulus n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus cirro-cumulative1813 cirro-cumulous1815 cirro-cumular1837 cirro-cumulated1853 1813 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. i. 17 A state of aqueous gas, which, from peculiarities in the electric state of the air, may assume the cirrocumulative form. cirro-cumulous adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjᵿləs/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈkjumjələs/ see cirro-cumulus n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to cumulus > cirro-cumulus cirro-cumulative1813 cirro-cumulous1815 cirro-cumular1837 cirro-cumulated1853 1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 78 A cloud composed..of little cirrocumulous nubeculae. cirro-filum n. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈfʌɪləm/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈfaɪləm/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈfiləm/ (see quot.). ΚΠ 1883 Athenæum 30 June 833/2 On the Structure of the Ice-cloud disposed in Threads, proposed to be called Cirro-filum. cirro-macula n. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈmakjᵿlə/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈmækjələ/ ΚΠ 1894 W. C. Ley Cloudland vi. §116. 134 Cirro-macula always consists of ice, and nearly always is combined with a few threads of ice-particles. cirro-stratous adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstreɪtəs/ , /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstrɑːtəs/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪdəs/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈstrɑdəs/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈstrædəs/ = cirro-strative adj. ΚΠ 1813 Philos. Mag. 41 398 I noticed..large beds of cirrus of flimsy but fibrous structure, changed into larger and more discriminative cirro-stratous lines. cirro-ˈstratus n. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstreɪtəs/ , /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstrɑːtəs/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪdəs/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈstrɑdəs/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈstrædəs/ a form of cloud combining the shapes of the cirrus and stratus, consisting of horizontal or inclined sheets attenuated upwards into light cirri. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > stratus > cirro-stratus or strato-cirrus cirro-stratus1803 wane-cloud1823 strato-cirrus1880 1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 4 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. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 3) I. 234 Low horizontal bars or fields of cloud (cirrostratus), which associate themselves so frequently more—especially before storms—with the true cumulus. cirro-strative adj. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstreɪtɪv/ , /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈstrɑːtɪv/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪdɪv/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈstrɑdɪv/ , /ˌsɪroʊˈstrædɪv/ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > of or relating to stratus > cirro-stratus cirro-strative1815 1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) ii. 79 The cloud which gives..the makerelback sky is composed of the long waving cirrostrative nubeculæ, but these sometimes acquire the apparent substance and solid look of cirrocumulus. cirro-velum n. Brit. /ˌsɪrə(ʊ)ˈviːləm/ , U.S. /ˌsɪroʊˈviləm/ ΚΠ 1894 W. C. Ley Cloudland vi. § 106. 128 It is difficult perhaps to understand how threads of Cirro-filum can become twisted together and interwoven so as to form Cirro-velum. 1894 W. C. Ley Cloudland vi. § 113. 132 The festoons or ‘pocks’ of Cirro-velum Mammatum appear much smoother and more regular than those of lower clouds of Reversed Interfret. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1753
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