<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural: nimbi [nim-bahy] or nimbus-es</li><li>Classical Mythology: a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth</li><li>a cloud, aura, atmosphere, etc., surrounding a person or thing: The candidate was encompassed with a nimbus of fame</li><li>halo (def 1)</li><li>the type of dense clouds or cloud mass with ragged edges, that yields rain or snow; a rain cloud</li><li>(initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace: one of a series of polar-orbiting meteorological and environmental research satellites, the last of which Nimbus 7, launched 1978, was the first satellite designed to monitor atmospheric pollutants</li></ul>