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a cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud, like scud. Associated with cumulus, and stratus genera. Source [ AMS Glossary of Meteorology]
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fractus — [frak′təs] n. [L, pp. of frangere, BREAK] a species of cumulus clouds (cumulus fractus) or stratus clouds (stratus fractus) with a ragged, shredded appearance … English World dictionary
fractus — [fʀaktys] n. m. invar. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe (in Larousse, 1968); mot lat. « brisé, morcelé », p. p. de frangere. ❖ ♦ Didact. Nuage présentant un aspect irrégulier, déchiqueté. || Des fractus … Encyclopédie Universelle
Fractus — Wolken: Klassifikation Gattungen Cirrus Ci Cirrocumulus Cc Cirrostratus Cs Altocumulus Ac Altostratus As Stratocumulus Sc Stratus St Cumulus Cu Nimbostratus Ns … Deutsch Wikipedia
fractus — /frak teuhs/, adj. Meteorol. (of a cloud) containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance. [ < L fractus ptp. of frangere to BREAK] * * * … Universalium
fractus — /frak teuhs/, adj. Meteorol. (of a cloud) containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance. [ < L fractus ptp. of frangere to BREAK] … Useful english dictionary
Fractus cloud — Fractus clouds over the Považský Inovec mountains. Abbreviation St fr., Cu fr., Frnb Genus Cumulus or Stratus … Wikipedia
fractus — Clouds in the form of irregular and ragged shreds. The term applies to stratus and cumulus clouds. Fracto is used as a prefix for cloud forms to indicate that clouds are broken into irregular fragments … Aviation dictionary
fractus — L. weak. The spikelets are pendulous because they terminate long thin panicle branches … Etymological dictionary of grasses
Cumulus fractus — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cumulus fractus Nubes cumulus fractus Género: Cumulus o Stratus Especie … Wikipedia Español
Bufo fractus — Bufo fractus … Wikipédia en Français
