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the center or pemt at which the eirele ’suzks! inti. ascend or mount in circles, or spirally, as a bird does; turn zm a circle or are of a circle, as an aeroplane does when rounding a curv. eircling ‘sezkzin 71. 4. the action as of a bird when soaring in circles or in a spiral course, mounting during that part of each lap which is against the wind; gyrating. 2. an mstance of this action; a gyration. ‘eirculation,sezkcu’tee-Son un. the action of circulating, as the earth’s atmosfere; movement in a circle or circuit. general circulation of the atmosphere, the wide-spied circulatory movements of the atmosfere or air due to differences of its thermal condition between the polar and equatorial regions. planetary circulation, the circulation of atmosferic air around the planet; the rotation of air around the earth; the planetary winds collect i vly. tropical circulation, the general circulatory movements of the winds around areas of high and low barometgzc pre ure rn the trepzics. circumnavigate,sezkom’nevi,get tr. navigate, sail, or fly around: as, to *circumnavigate a tower, *circumnavigate Germany; *circumnavigate the globe. eirriform ‘stz1,fe:zm adj. having the form of cirrus cloud, shaped like curl-cloud; curly.: eirrocumular,sizo’/kcumjo-lei adj. consisting of or resembling crrrozcumulus cloud; crrrocumulous. ceirrocumulated,s1zo’kcumjojetzd adj. [also spelt cirros cumulated] of the nature of cirrocumulus cloud; crrrocumular. cirrocumulative,sizo’kcumju,tetrv adj. [also spelt cirrocumulativ] of or pertainrng to crrrozcumulus cloud. eirro-cumulo-stratus s1z9,kcumjo-to’stree-tas. a cloud of © in def in it structure from which rain is falling. eirrocumulous,sizo’/kcumjo-les adj. [also spelt cirrozcumulous] of the nature of crrrozcumulus cloud; crrrocumular. cirro-cumulus,sizo’kcumjo-tos n. [also spelt cirrocumulus; ploral cirrocumuli] a form of compos it cloud combining the the shapes of the cirrus and the cumulus and consisting of a connected system of small white roundish and fleecy cloudlets in close prexrmity to one another, wzrthout shadows, but separated by intervals of sky; mackerel-back sky; mackerel sky. eirro-filum,sizo’fai-lom n. icezcloud disposed in threds. cirro-nebula,sizo’nebjo-te n. [ploral cirroznebulae] a nebula or haze in the higher cloud-strata; a faintly reticulated or striated ma of haze or ice-cloud high up in the sky; cirrus-haze. ceirrose ‘s1,zos adj. of the nature of cirrus or curl-cloud; filamentous; wispy; cirrous. cirrostrative,sizo’stree-tiv adj. [also spelt cirrostrativ] of cirrostratus cloud. cir rostra to us,sizo’styee-tas adj. having the form or nature of a cirrostratus cloud. cirro-stratus,sizo’stree-tos n. [also spelt cirrostratus] a form of cloud combining the shapes of the cirrus and the stratus and eften giving rise to halos around the sun or moon; cirrus haze. cirrous ’sizos adj. of the nature of cirrus or curl-cloud; filamentous; wispy; cirrose. cirro-velum,sizo’vii-lam n. [also spelt cirrovelum] a herzzental velum or thin veil-like sheet of crrrozstyatus cloud. cirrus ‘sizas n. [ploral cirri] a form of cloud presenting the appearance of parallel or divergent filaments or wisps, or resembling a lock of hair or wool, ’generally at a great elevation and spredisng indefznztly; cat’sctail, cat’sctails; mare’sctails; curl-cloud. cirrus haze, see under haze. false cirrus, a veil or screen of fibrous cloud sometimes surrounding the top of cumuloznrmbus or thunder-cloud; a delicate white cirrus-like cloud streaming away from the summit of a tall cumulus cloud. magnetic cirrus, cirrus clouds arranged in parallel bands erroneously supposed to be formd by magnetze influence; a polar band; a Noah’s ark. reticulated cirrus, an interlaced ma or network of threds or striae in a dense cirrus cloud. tailed cirrus, small cirrocumulus or alto-cumulus clouds with tailclike styeaks of snowflakes or fine rain-drops drifting or falling slowly behind them. undulate cirrus, cirrus cloud disposed in waves or gentle curvs; undulated cirrus. eirrus-flecked ‘sizos,fzekt adj. [also spelt cirruszflect] flect or detted over with cirrus cloud. cirrus-haze ‘sizos,heez n. a haze among or above alto-cirrus clouds; c1rrosnebula. eirrus-like ’sizos,taik adj. like cirrus or curl-cloud. elaw kzc: n. a sharp hookt end of a Irm of a bird or other animal; any claw-like hook: as, the *claw of a grapnel. clearance ‘kz1:-zons mn. clear space, room, or distance, as between the rear edges of the main planes of an aeroplane flying-machine and the propeller. climb kzarm inti. fly or soar upward thru the air; mount continuously; ascend, rise. clino-anemometer jkzai-no-eni’mem i-tez nm. an an eme meter for mesurzng inclined or nonzherzzental airzcurrents. clinometer,kzar’‘nemi-tai nm. an imstrument for me suring angles of dip, angles of elevation, or other vertical angles such as of the roll, the heel, or the pitch of a ship at sea. close-to-the-ground ’kz50s-tad2,gzaond adj. in which the craft keeps close to the ground; low: said of flight. cloud kzavd n. a visible ma of vapor or watery particles suspended in the air at a considerable height above the general surface of the ground; also, the substance of this ma ; visible watery vapor floating high in air. altitude of a cloud, the height of a cloud, mesurd in vertical line, above the land-level or the seazlevel. alto clouds, see alto. cloud of night, stgatus cloud, which eften ascends from the ground after sunset, continues at night, but is disperst at sunrise; night-cloud; fall-cloud. cotton-ball clouds, small cumulus clouds, resembling bal is of cotton. iridescent cloud, a cloud which shows rainbow colors: mammiform cloud, a cloud having pendent protuberances en its under side, resembling mammae or tits. metro lucent cloud, a high cloud which shines after sunset; a night hinrng cloud. nacreous cloud, a delicate, high, white cloud shining late at night; a nectzlumznous cloud. night-shining cloud, a high cloud which shines by night (after sunset); a metzgolucent cloud. noctiluminous cloud, same meaning as nacreous cloud. phosphorescent cloud, a pure white cloud sometimes seen in Europe at midnight near the horizon, some 10 or 20 miles above seazlevel, po ibly self-luminous but perhaps shining by reflecting the light from some distant twilight; an iridescent, opalescent, or luminous night-cloud. tornado cloud, a form of cloud, distinctiv of a tornado or whirlwind, which reaches down nearly to the surface of the earth or ocean from the main cloud-ma above and marks the central axis of a whirling ma of air; a waterspout cloud. turreted cloud, a cloud whose cloudlets rise like turrets or towers; a thunder-cloud. waved cloud, same meaning as rippleccloud. woolpack clouds, cumulus clouds. waterspout cloud, same meaning as tornado cloud.