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What is a cirrostratus?

What is a cirrostratus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Abbreviated Cs.
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One of Clams Casino's best tracks – one of the tracks of the year, in my opinion – is I'm God, a beautiful cirrostratus of a song that Lil B ended up rapping over, ruining its delicate charms in the process.
He added three combined terms: cirrocumulus, cirrostratus and cumulostratus.
If the warm air is moist, the approach of a warm front may first be heralded by a sheet of cirrus and cirrostratus cloud that continually becomes denser.
Cirri and cirrostratus clouds have been very prevalent during the day, and cumulostratus during the night.
The cloud most suited to halo formation is cirrostratus, which is most commonly observed well ahead of a developing frontal system.
In the upper troposphere, the terms cirrostratus and cirrus are used.

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