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ˈnɪm bəsnim·bus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nimbus, nimbus cloud, rain cloudnoun

    a dark grey cloud bearing rain

  2. aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriolenoun

    an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

Wiktionary

  1. nimbusnoun

    A circle of light; a halo.

  2. nimbusnoun

    A gray rain cloud.

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  1. nimbus

    A nimbus typically refers to a bright cloud or halo that appears around the sun or moon, but it can also refer to any sort of luminous cloud or halo on a surface. Additionally, in meteorology, it's a type of thick, dark gray rain cloud. The term is also used metaphorically to refer to a special aura, atmosphere or quality that seems to surround a person, place or thing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nimbusnoun

    a circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5

  2. Nimbusnoun

    a rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud

  3. Etymology: [L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Nimbus

    nim′bus, n. the raincloud: (paint.) the disc or halo, generally circular or semicircular, which encircles the head of the sacred person represented.—adj. Nimbif′erous, bringing clouds. [L.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. nimbus

    Ragged and hanging clouds resolving into rain. (See CUMULO-CIRRO-STRATUS.)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nimbus in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nimbus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of nimbus in a Sentence

  1. Eric McDavid:

    No, we were not going to blow anything up, the Nimbus Dam stuff, that was her idea. That was Anna's idea.

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