Meaning & use
cirri
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The plural of cirrus, referring to thin, wispy clouds made of ice crystals that form high in the atmosphere.
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Streaks of cirri stretched across the evening sky, catching the last orange light.
Pilots watched the cirri thicken as a weather front approached.
A note on using this word
A technical, mostly meteorological term; the singular form 'cirrus' is far more commonly used in everyday speech.
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