nephelo-, nephel-, nepho- neph-

A systematic practice of observing the clouds.

A photograph of a cloud.

1. A written description about clouds.
2. A device for taking photographs of clouds.

The scientific study of clouds.

Cloudy; turbid, as, nepheloid urine.

1. An instrument to register the comparative cloudiness of the sky.
2. A photometer designed to estimate the amount of particulate matter in a turbid medium, measuring light-scattering properties to make comparisons with a series of standard suspensions.
3. In optics, any of various instruments that measure the intensity of light scattered by particles suspended in liquid, in order to determine the amount of material present in the liquid.

The estimation of the concentration of particles in a suspension by means of a nephelometer.

Dim or cloudy vision from lessened transparency of the ocular media.

An intense interest in clouds.

A laboratory instrument used to condense or expand moist air in order to approximate the formation of clouds.

1. A cloudy envelope surrounding a planet or other heavenly body.
2. An envelop or atmosphere of cloud surrounding the earth or any clestial body.

The water mist gathers into a vaporous envelope, constituting a true atmosphere or nephelosphere.

A photograph of a cloud.

Someone who specializes in the study of clouds.

In meteorology, the study of clouds.

In geophysics, an instrument that measures the amount of cloudiness of a medium; used to study scattering properties.