nimbus
A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo.

 

nimbus
See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.

nimbus
A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds.

nimbus
See Cloud. a dark gray cloud bearing rain.

nimbus
The Nimbus satellite program, initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and later operated by both NASA and the National and Oceanic Atmospheric Administration , was developed in the early 1960s to meet research and development needs of the atmospheric and Earth scientists, providing global surveillance of the atmospheric structure at low Earth orbital altitudes for the world's weather services. adj describes clouds that are rain producers; always occur in conjunction with another type of cloud A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc ; a halo 2 A cloud or atmosphere that surrounds a person or thing 3 A rain cloud. a dark gray cloud bearing rain. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.