Collocations withcloud
These are words often used in combination withcloud.
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cloud deck
Thickening of cloud cover or the invasion of a higher cloud deck is indicative of rain in the near future.
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cloud droplet
Size resolved measurements of cloud droplet deposition velocity to a forest canopy using an eddy correlation technique.
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cloud forest
The surrounding landscape is cloud forest giving way to scattered housing sites, agricultural parcels, pasture, and fields now fallow.
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cloud of smoke
While this fellow is dancing with an attractive young woman, he begins to levitate, before disappearing in a billowing, sulphuric cloud of smoke.
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cloud of steam
Suspended above the cooling towers there is an enormous white cloud of steam which is simply heating the sky and inducing all kinds of undesirable effects elsewhere.
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cloud of suspicion
A cloud of suspicion and fear has been created in the community.
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cloud of uncertainty
One of the reasons why this man is so ill, both physically and mentally—indeed, the main reason—isthe cloud of uncertainty which overhangs him.
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cloud service
The connection between the mobile device and the corporate file server is established via a cloud service.
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cloud storage
It offers cloud computing solutions, managed data center services including colocation and private network services; and managed services including cloud storage and managed security.
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cumulonimbus cloud
It also forms from the outflow of tropical cyclones or the anvils of cumulonimbus cloud.
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cumulus cloud
This type of motion frequently occurs in the atmospherewhen a thermal rises through a cumulus cloud.
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dark cloud
It would be a dark cloud to our hopes to-day if antagonism were to grow again.
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Hansard archive
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dense cloud
The toxic dense cloud that resulted from that release moved through the town causing the death of at least 2500 people.
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heavy cloud
During the monsoon, heavy cloud reduces the incoming solar radiation to about 40% of the potential for that latitude.
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hybrid cloud
The software seamlessly integrated in the architecture and works both in private, public and hybrid cloud environments.
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thick cloud
Wind speeds reach an average of 40km/hmph 0 while even in summer the thick cloud cover prevents much sunlight from penetrating.
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