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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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Cloud with a multiple rounded top

cumulus
1. A dense, white, fluffy, flat-based cloud with a multiple rounded top and a well-defined outline, usually formed by the ascent of thermally unstable air masses.
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What does the expression "a multiple rounded top" mean? Does "multiple" mean 'large' or 'quite big'?
  

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Hi, cumulus 1. A dense, white, fluffy, flat-based cloud with a multiple rounded top and a well-defined outline, usually formed by the ascent of thermally unstable air masses. [Am.

— Clive

  • Hi, cumulus 1.
  • A dense, white, fluffy, flat-based cloud with a multiple rounded top and a well-defined outline, usually formed by the ascent of thermally unstable air masses.
  • [Am.
  • Heri.
  • ] What does the expression "a multiple rounded top" mean?
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Hi,

cumulus

1. A dense, white, fluffy, flat-based cloud with a multiple rounded top and a well-defined outline, usually formed by the ascent of thermally unstable air masses.

[Am. Heri. Dic.]

What does the expression "a multiple rounded top" mean? It suggests to me a top with several rounded parts.

Does "multiple" mean 'large' or 'quite big'? No
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