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== ice-crystal cloud ==
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A [[cloud]] consisting entirely of [[ice crystals]] (such as [[cirrus]]); to be distinguished  in this sense from [[water clouds]] and [[mixed clouds]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Ice-crystal clouds have a diffuse and fibrous appearance, quite different from that typical of  water droplet clouds, resulting from growth in much weaker updrafts and different fall speeds of  a wider size [[particle]] spectrum.</div><br/> </div>
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