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Cirrus vs Castellanus - What's the difference?

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In meteorology|lang=en terms the difference between cirrus and castellanus

is that cirrus is (meteorology) a principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres while castellanus is (meteorology) a cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.

As nouns the difference between cirrus and castellanus

is that cirrus is (botany) a tendril while castellanus is (meteorology) a cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.

cirrus

English

(cirrus cloud)

Noun

(cirri)
  • (botany) A tendril.
  • (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
  • (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 15:
    • The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.

    castellanus

    English

    Noun

    (castellani)
  • (meteorology) a cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
    • Source AMS Glossary of Meteorology