Associations to the word «Altostratus»

Wiktionary

ALTOSTRATUS, noun. (physics) (meteorology). A principal medium-level cloud type in the form of a gray or bluish (never white) sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance.

Dictionary definition

ALTOSTRATUS, noun. A stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats