| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | stra·tus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  str  t s, str ts |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. stra·ti (-t )
A low-altitude cloud formation consisting of a horizontal layer of gray clouds. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin strtus, past participle of sternere, to stretch, extend. See ster-2 in Appendix I.
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