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nimbus
[ nim-buhs ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- a cloud, aura, atmosphere, etc., surrounding a person or thing:
The candidate was encompassed with a nimbus of fame.
- the type of dense clouds or cloud mass with ragged edges, that yields rain or snow; a rain cloud.
- (initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of polar-orbiting meteorological and environmental research satellites, the last of which Nimbus 7, launched 1978, was the first satellite designed to monitor atmospheric pollutants.
nimbus
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a dark grey rain-bearing cloud
- ( in combination )
cumulonimbus clouds
- an emanation of light surrounding a saint or deity
- a representation of this emanation
- a surrounding aura or atmosphere
nimbus
/ ĭ′ə /
, Plural nimbi ĭ′ī′
- A rain cloud.
Derived Forms
- ˈԾܲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Ծbܲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nimbus1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nimbus1
Example Sentences
Looming through the tall windows along the back wall, dark skies were crammed with nimbus clouds.
Radar domes, used for military surveillance, floated like nimbus clouds.
With his bald pate and nimbus of gray, scowling behind spectacles, he had long been a favorite of editorial cartoonists.
All these flat shapes are limned by dark lines — the reverse of the delicate nimbus of light surrounding them in the original.
Even when the music whips up complex, noisy nimbuses of competing motifs, the fast, finely judged changes within the dense activity are preparing you for variations on the weather.
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