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polar stratospheric cloud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
po-lar s-trato-spher-ic -cloud
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A relatively rare type of clouds that occurs high in the stratosphere; polar stratospheric clouds often resemble mother-of-pearl as they shine in vivid colours, known as irisation

Inflected Forms

polar stratospheric clouds (plural)

Phrases

iridescent cloud

Frequently Paired Words

iridescent cloud

Synonyms

mother-of-pearl cloud nacreous cloud

Questions

What does polar stratospheric cloud mean?
A relatively rare type of clouds that occurs high in the stratosphere; polar stratospheric clouds often resemble mother-of-pearl as they shine in vivid colours, known as irisation

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