Stratus
Encyclopedia
Weather
- Stratus cloudStratus cloudA stratus cloud is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by horizontal layering with a uniform base, as opposed to convective clouds that are as tall or taller than wide . More specifically, the term stratus is used to describe flat, hazy, featureless clouds of low altitude varying in color...
, a cloud type- Nimbostratus cloudNimbostratus cloudA Nimbostratus cloud is characterized by a formless cloud layer that is almost uniformly dark gray. "Nimbo" is from the Latin word "nimbus", which denotes precipitation. It is generally a stratiform cloud of moderate vertical development that produces precipitation, developing cloud bases between...
, a cloud type - Stratocumulus cloudStratocumulus cloudA Stratocumulus cloud belongs to a class of clouds characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumuli, and the whole being at a lower altitude, usually below 2,400 m...
, a cloud type - Altostratus cloudAltostratus cloudAltostratus is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by a generally uniform gray to bluish-gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus. The sun can be seen through thin altostratus, but thicker layers can be quite opaque...
, a cloud type - Altostratus undulatus cloudAltostratus undulatus cloudThe altostratus undulatus is a type of low altocumulus cloud with signature undulations within it. These undulations may be visible , but frequently they are indiscernible to the naked eye...
, a cloud type - Cirrostratus cloudCirrostratus cloudCirrostratus clouds are thin, generally uniform clouds, composed of ice-crystals. They are difficult to detect and if capable of forming halos the cloud takes the form of thin cirrostratus nebulosus. The cloud has a fibrous texture with no haloes if it is thicker cirrostratus fibratus. On the...
, a cloud type
- Nimbostratus cloud
Music
- Stratus (English band)Stratus (English band)Stratus , was a short-lived English melodic hard rock supergroup. It was formed by ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr and members of then-inactive Praying Mantis...
, an English hard rock band - Stratus (Serbian band), a Serbian hard rock/heavy metal band
- Stratus (US fusion jazz band)Stratus (US fusion jazz band)-Biography:Stratus is a jazz fusion band that formed in Houston, Texas in the early 1980s.The band's original members were Dave Nichols , Brian Hull , Ted Wenglinski , and Paul Chester...
Technology
- Dodge StratusDodge StratusThe Dodge Stratus was a mid-size 4-door sedan introduced in 1995. It was based on the Chrysler JA platform Cab forward . The Stratus, Breeze, and Cirrus were all on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 1996 and 1997. It received critical acclaim at launch, but ratings fell over time...
, an automobile - Stratus TechnologiesStratus TechnologiesStratus Technologies, Inc. a major producer of fault tolerant computer servers. The company was founded in 1980 as Stratus Computer, Inc. in Natick, Massachusetts, and adopted its present name in 1999. The current CEO and president is Dave Laurello. Stratus Technologies, Inc. is a privately held...
, a technology firm- Stratus VOSStratus VOSVOS is a proprietary operating system running on Stratus Technologies fault-tolerant computer systems. VOS is available on Stratus's ftServer and Continuum platforms...
, a fault-tolerant operating system used in Stratus computers
- Stratus VOS
People
- Trish StratusTrish StratusPatricia Anne Stratigias , better known by her ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian professional wrestler, actress and television personality currently signed with WWE. She is also a former fitness model....
, the former WWE Diva - Teresa StratasTeresa StratasTeresa Stratas, OC , is a retired Canadian operatic soprano. She is especially well-known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.-Early life and career:...
, Canadian soprano of 36-years at the Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
Places
- Strati, Crete, a village in Crete
- The ancient name for the city of Stratos, GreeceStratos, GreeceStratos is a village and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrinio, of which it is a municipal unit. Stratos is located on GR-5/E55 and NW of Agrinio, N of Messolonghi and S of Amfilochia and Arta...