cloud deck

collocation in English

meaningsofcloudanddeck

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cloud
noun
uk
/klaʊd/us
/klaʊd/
a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops ...
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deck
noun[C]
uk
/dek/us
/dek/
a flat area for walking on, built across the space between the sides of ...
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(Definition ofcloudanddeckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thickening of cloud cover or the invasion of a higherclouddeckis indicative of rain in the near future.
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As a system approaches from the west, a persistentclouddeckwith associated precipitation forms and lingers across the region for prolonged periods of time.
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This star hosts an upperclouddeckabsorbing so much heat that below it is a relatively cool stratosphere.
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Theclouddeckinstead absorbs the sun's radiation; between that and the hot, high pressure gas surrounding the mantle, exists a stratosphere of cooler gas.
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Fog and drizzle normally are found near the furthest inland extent of the gloom, where theclouddeckis closest to the ground.
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This layer coincides with the upperclouddeck.
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Venus's windspeeds can be directly measured only in the upper troposphere (tropopause), between 6070 km, altitude, which corresponds to the upperclouddeck.
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Stratus is a stableclouddeckwhich tends to form when a cool, stable air mass is trapped underneath a warm air mass.
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In almost every circumstance, theclouddeckends above ground level, giving the pilot a reasonable chance to recover from the spin before impacting the surface.
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Neptune's dark spots are thought to occur in the troposphere at lower altitudes than the brighter upperclouddeckfeatures.
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Stratiform clouds can also form in precipitation below the main frontalclouddeckwhere the colder air is trapped under the warmer air mass being forced above by the front.
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Venus has been monitored for circulation of theclouddeck.
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These planets form cloud decks of silicates and iron deep in their atmospheres, but this is not predicted to affect the spectrum of the planet.
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