cumulus

/kcumjo-tos n. [ploral cumuli] a form of cloud consisting of white convex or conical ma es heapt upon each other and having a nearly herzzental base; dayzcloud; summer-cloud; wool-pack clouds. turreted cumulus, a large cumulus cloud having turret-like covers the sky rn the regions of the tgadewrnds. trade cumulus, a kind of small detacht cloud which eften ma es risrng from its top; a thunder-cloud. ocean current, a current or stye am in the water of the air. cumulus-like ’kcgumjoles,tatk adj. like cumulus cloud; resemblrng cumulus. eurl-cloud ‘ke:z},kzaud n. cirrus; cat’s-tail. current ‘kezant 1. that which flows; a stream; a portion of a body of air moving in a definit direction; an air current. ascending current, a current of air which 1s ascending or rising; a rising current. convectional current, see under convectional. downthrow current, an airzcurrent which has a downward throw or trend; a falling or descending current of ocean, such as the Gulf Steam. upper currents, the currents or motions high up in the air. curtain ‘keztn n. an aerofeil placed vertically, as between the main supporting-surfaces of some biplanes; a vertical surface in a cellular or box-kite structure; a panel; a partition. eurve ‘ke:zv n. [also spelt curv] curve of torque, a pletted curv, or curvd line, showing the relation between the terque or twisting-force acting en a propeller and the thrust or the speed of revolution of the propeller. inflected curve, a fugerd curv of the inflected type. tumbler curve, a fugeid curv of the type characteristic of the tumbler pigeon. cusp kasp n. a point or apex; a point at which two branches of a curv meet and step, with a common tangent; a point at which the moving point describing a curv has its motion exactly reverst; also, an analogous point en a curvd surface; a spinode; a stationary point. custom ‘kastom 7. a tribute, toll, impost, or duty, levied by a national or local authority upon the entry of commod-ties or goods into his dominion; a duty levied en rmports; an Import-tax. out-air ‘kat,e:z n. a rigid shield at the front of an airship or a rigid edge on an aeroplane or wing, so shaped as to cut or plow thru the air and thus reduce the atmosferic resistance to motion. eyclonal,sar’kzoo-nl, ‘sat-kzo-nt adj. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a cyclone; cyclonic.