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cirrus

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Summary

cirrus is a cloud type[1]. cirrus draws 7,413 Wikipedia views per month (cloud type category, ranking #2 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: high-level cloud[3]
  • Commons category: Cirrus clouds[4]
  • Has part(s): cirrus spissatus[5], cirrus uncinus[6], cirrus fibratus[7], cirrus radiatus[8]
  • Official website: https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/cirrus-ci.html[9]
  • Commons gallery: Cirrus[10]
  • Facet of: international cloud classification[11]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12]
  • Short name: Ciquepasa[13]
  • Different from: Cirrus[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 8000 m[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16], WikiProject Climate change[17]

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Influence

Things named for cirrus include CirrusSearch[18], a MediaWiki extension[19].

Why It Matters

cirrus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] cirrus is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for cirrus include CirrusSearch[18], a MediaWiki extension[19].

Related Entities

Johannes Itten

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ilmugeografi.com. ilmugeografi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 01001160
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'co', 'commons', 'cs', 'csb', 'cy', 'da', 'de', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 01001160, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143355760|cirrus cloud (#143355760)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment O"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C7440
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C7440, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → international cloud classification
    Instance of → cloud type
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change
    Official website → https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/cirrus-ci.html
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007534627205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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