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A cloud heavy enough to rain, or the halo art slaps on saints.
means A nimbus is either a rain-bearing cloud or the luminous disc or halo encircling the head of a holy or revered figure in art.
from Straight from Latin nimbus, meaning a rain cloud, a downpour, or a storm — and, by extension, the bright cloud said to surround the gods. From the weather it drifted into art, where that same shining vapor became the glowing ring painted behind saints. The shift makes sense: both senses are about something radiant or charged hovering overhead. The plural keeps its Latin manners as either nimbi or nimbuses.
- weather class
- Only nimbus clouds actually deliver precipitation
- latin root
- Means cloud, rainstorm, and divine radiance at once
- holy glow
- That glowing ring behind saints is technically a nimbus
- cumulonimbus
- The towering anvil that brews lightning and hail
- mass storage
- A rain cloud can weigh over a million pounds
nimbus 2000 — harry potter's racing broomstick, introduced in the third book/film
nimbostratus cloud — low-altitude precipitation cloud type that produces continuous rain or snow