An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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infrared cirrus
  سیروس ِ فروسرخ  
sirus-e forusorx (#)
Fr.: cirrus infrarouge  

Wispy, extended structures seen above and below the plane of the Galaxy in the infrared maps of the sky (60-100 microns) produced by the → Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS).

See also: → infrared; L. cirrus “curl, tuft, plant filament like a tuft of hair.”