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Cirrus

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
cirrhuscirrus cloud
plural
Cirri
possessive
Cirrus's
pluralpossessive
Cirri's