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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">( | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' cloud cap.) An approximately stationary [[cloud]], or [[standing cloud]], on or hovering above an isolated mountain peak.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is formed by the cooling and [[condensation]] in [[moist air]] forced up over the peak. <br/>''Compare'' [[crest cloud]], [[banner cloud]]; <br/>''see'' [[lenticularis]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"><br/>''Same as'' [[pileus]].</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"><br/>''Same as'' [[pileus]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:47, 20 February 2012
cap cloud
- (Also called cloud cap.) An approximately stationary cloud, or standing cloud, on or hovering above an isolated mountain peak.
It is formed by the cooling and condensation in moist air forced up over the peak.
Compare crest cloud, banner cloud;
see lenticularis.
Same as pileus.
