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Cirrus vs Uncinus - What's the difference?

cirrus | uncinus |

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

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 uncinus is (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations associated only with cirrus formations.

As nouns the difference between cirrus and uncinus

is that cirrus is (botany) a tendril while uncinus is (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations associated only with cirrus formations.

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.

    uncinus

    English

    Noun

    (uncini)
  • (meteorology) A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.
  • (paleontology) The curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles.

    • Related terms

    * unciform

    References

    * AMS Glossary of Meteorology ----