Question

The name of cloud nimbus defines

Answer 1

A nimbus cloud is a cloud that produces precipitation. Usually the precipitation reaches the ground as rain, hail, snow, or sleet Falling precipitation may evaporate as virga Rain comes out of nimbus clouds and this is called precipitation

Answer 2

Answer:

nimbostratus cloud is a multi-level, grey, often dark, amorphous, nearly uniform cloud that usually produces continuous rain, snow, or sleet but no lightning or thunder. ... Nimbostratus usually produces precipitation over a wide area. Nimbo- is from the Latin word nimbus, which denotes cloud or halo.