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Small Magellanic Cloud

(Encyclopedia)Small Magellanic Cloud: see Magellanic Clouds. ...

nimbus, in meteorology

(Encyclopedia)nimbus, in meteorology, low, dark, formless cloud covering the entire sky, from which rain or snow is steadily falling. The term is usually applied to any cloud from which rain descends. Modifications...

lightning

(Encyclopedia)lightning, electrical discharge accompanied by thunder, commonly occurring during a thunderstorm. The discharge may take place between one part of a cloud and another part (intracloud), between one cl...

cumulonimbus

(Encyclopedia)cumulonimbus: see cloud.

cumulus

(Encyclopedia)cumulus: see cloud.

altocumulus

(Encyclopedia)altocumulus: see cloud.

altostratus

(Encyclopedia)altostratus: see cloud.

nimbostratus

(Encyclopedia)nimbostratus: see cloud.

stratocumulus

(Encyclopedia)stratocumulus: see cloud.

stratus

(Encyclopedia)stratus: see cloud.