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Definition of altostratus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

altostratus

noun
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstrɑːtəs/
 
/æltəʊˈstreɪtəs/
[uncountable, countable]
(plural altostrati
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstrɑːtaɪ/,
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstreɪtaɪ/,
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstrɑːtiː/,
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstreɪtiː/
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstrɑːtaɪ/,
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstreɪtaɪ/,
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstrɑːtiː/,
 
/ˌæltəʊˈstreɪtiː/
)
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  1. a layer of flat clouds lying at medium height, or one of the clouds that form this layer
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from modern Latin alto- (from Latin altus ‘high’) + stratus.
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