cirrus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”).

   “Cirri are taken for thoſe fine Strings, or Hairs, by vvhich ſome Plants faſten themſelves, in order to their Support in creeping along; as Ivy, &c.”

2. isim A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia.

   “Each foot is divided into two parts, one dorsal, the other ventral, and each part has a bundle of subulate bristles and a cirrus.”

3. isim A principal high-level type of cloud, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments or wisps, or narrow bands.

   “Cirrus clouds moving from the southwest indicate falling temperature; moving from the northwest they indicate the probability of rising temperature. They are the mares' tales and cattails of sailors' cant. Near the horizon, cirrus clouds may have a stratiform appearance.”