cloud base
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cloud base
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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The company has a massive cloud base already, and Wedbush thinks 70% of this capacity will be used for AI for enterprise and commercial clients over the next three years.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
A tornado typically has the form of a twisting funnel-shaped cloud between the cloud base and the ground.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025
But traditional lidars can't resolve detailed structures within the cloud base because they typically have a resolution of 10 meters or more.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
The team then used the data to determine the conditions surrounding the storms, such as land and water surface elevation, altitude of the charging zone, cloud base and top temperatures, and aerosol concentrations.
From National Geographic • Oct. 6, 2023
A stripe of incandescent sky bums beneath the cloud base on the north-western horizon.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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