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English Dictionary: Stratus by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stratus
n
  1. a large dark low cloud
    Synonym(s): stratus, stratus cloud
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stratus \Stra"tus\, n. [L. stratus a spreading out, scattering,
      from sternere, stratum, to spread.] (Meteor.)
      A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal
      band or layer. See {Cloud}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cl[umac]d a rock or
      hillock, the application arising from the frequent
      resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or
      air.]
      1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles,
            suspended in the upper atmosphere.
  
                     I do set my bow in the cloud.            --Gen. ix. 13.
  
      Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief
               forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard,
               and this is still substantially employed. The following
               varieties and subvarieties are recognized:
            (a) {Cirrus}. This is the most elevated of all the forms
                  of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like
                  carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room,
                  sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is
                  the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of
                  the landsman.
            (b) {Cumulus}. This form appears in large masses of a
                  hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat
                  below, one often piled above another, forming great
                  clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the
                  appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It
                  often affords rain and thunder gusts.
            (c) {Stratus}. This form appears in layers or bands
                  extending horizontally.
            (d) {Nimbus}. This form is characterized by its uniform
                  gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in
                  seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and
                  is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used
                  to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus.
            (e) {Cirro-cumulus}. This form consists, like the cirrus,
                  of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are
                  more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is
                  popularly called mackerel sky.
            (f) {Cirro-stratus}. In this form the patches of cirrus
                  coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus.
            (g) {Cumulo-stratus}. A form between cumulus and stratus,
                  often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint.
                  -- {Fog}, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near
                  or in contact with the earth's surface. -- {Storm
                  scud}, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven
                  rapidly with the wind.
  
      2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling
            vapor. [bd]A thick cloud of incense.[b8] --Ezek. viii. 11.
  
      3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble;
            hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's
            reputation; a cloud on a title.
  
      4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect;
            that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or
            depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud
            upon the intellect.
  
      5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. [bd]So
            great a cloud of witnesses.[b8] --Heb. xii. 1.
  
      6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the
            head.
  
      {Cloud on a} (or the) {title} (Law), a defect of title,
            usually superficial and capable of removal by release,
            decision in equity, or legislation.
  
      {To be under a cloud}, to be under suspicion or in disgrace;
            to be in disfavor.
  
      {In the clouds}, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond
            reason; visionary.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Stratus
  
      One of the leading manufacturers of {fault-tolerant}
      computer systems.   While virtually all of Stratus' core
      hardware and software is sold into the financial services,
      telecommunications, travel and transportation, and gaming
      these markets, a broad range of {middleware} and
      {applications} are developed and marketed by Stratus, its
      subsidiaries, and third party partners.
  
      Yearly sales $609M, profits $43.5M (1996).
  
      {Home (http://www.stratus,com)}.
  
      (1997-04-24)
  
  
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