Magellanic Cloud - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: magellanic cloudMagellanic cloud
Either of two conspicuous celestial nebulaelig near the south celestial pole resembling thin white clouds each of which is a galaxy2 smaller than but separate from the Milky Way galaxy and together they are the galactic formations nearest to our galaxy They are not visible from the northern hemisphere and are named after Ferdinand Magellan who saw them in his expedition which passed through the Strait of Magellan in South America and one ship of which completed the first circumnavigation of the globe...
Coalsack
Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black owing to the nearly complete absence of stars esp the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud...
Magellanic
Of or pertaining to or named from Ferdinand Magellan 1480 1521 the navigator...
Cloud capped
Having clouds resting on the top or head reaching to the clouds as cloud capped mountains...
Cloud ceiling
Cloud ceiling, means the vertical distance from the elevation of the aerodrome to the lowest part of any cloud visible from the aerodrome which is sufficient to obscure more than half the sky so visible, Air Navigation Order 1989, Art. 106(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 1441, p. 709....
cloud on the title
cloud on the title any condition which affects the clear title to real property. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
cloud on title
cloud on title :an interest (as a lien) in real property that if valid impairs the owner's title compare quiet ...
Cloud built
Built of or in the clouds airy unsubstantial imaginary...
Cloud burst
A sudden copious rainfall as if the whole cloud had been precipitated at once...
Cloud compeller
Cloud gatherer an epithet applied to Zeus...
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