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Widipedia: Definition

A cloud is a visible mass of droplets of water or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere are studied in the nephology or cloud physics branch of meteorology.

Author jennyrinkPosted on November 30, 2010February 1, 2011Categories Definitions

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