cloud belt

cloud belt
cloud belt,
1. a zone around a planet covered by clouds.
2. the belt or ring of clouds itself: »

The cloud belts, for which the planet [Jupiter] is famous, will appear in low-powered telescopes as parallel bands stretching across the disc (Bernhard, Bennett, and Rice).


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