Definition of Cirriform. Meaning of Cirriform. Synonyms of Cirriform

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Definition of Cirriform

Cirriform
Cirriform Cir"ri*form, a. [Cirrus + -form.] (Biol.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

Meaning of Cirriform from wikipedia

- ascending order of instability or convective activity: stratiform sheets; cirriform wisps and patches; strato****uliform patches, rolls, and ripples; ****uliform...
- forms are stratiform, ****uliform, strato****uliform, ****ulonimbiform, and cirriform. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level...
- phase. Type II clouds, which are very rarely observed in the Arctic, have cirriform and lenticular sub-types and consist of water ice only. Only Type II clouds...
- were established based on appearance and characteristics of formation: cirriform, ****uliform and stratiform. These were further divided into upper and...
- Cirro****ulus and cirrostratus are sometimes informally referred to as cirriform clouds because of their frequent ****ociation with cirrus. In the intermediate...
- physical categories or forms based on appearance and process of formation: cirriform (mainly detached and wispy), ****uliform or convective (mostly detached...
- fronts ****ociated with extratropical cyclones tend to generate mostly cirriform and stratiform clouds over a wide area unless the approaching warm airm****...
- often occurs at the leading edge of a warm front, where many types of cirriform clouds can be present. Cirro****ulus clouds tend to reflect the red and...
- upper parts of the cloud freeze to a greater extent and clearly visible cirriforms appear, ****ulonimbus calvus metamorphoses into another species of ****ulonimbus...
- ****ulonimbus. Incus (species capillatus only): ****ulonimbus with flat anvil-like cirriform top caused by wind shear where the rising air currents hit the inversion...