Nimbus

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Nimbus may refer to:

• Nimbus cloud, Nimbus is a Latin word meaning cloud or rain storm
• Halo (optical phenomenon), light or mist around an object
• Halo (religious iconography), the disk or ring around the head of a sacred figure
• Nimbus II, a French thoroughbred racehorse foaled in 1910
• Nimbus V, a British thoroughbread racehorse foaled in 1946, and winner of the 1949 Epsom Derby.

[edit] In science & engineering

• Bristol Siddeley Nimbus a turboshaft engine for helicopters
• The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 series of sailplanes
• Nimbus (motorcycle)
• Nimbus program, spacecraft used for weather research
• Nimbus (cipher), an encryption algorithm
• Nimbus (computer), a computer manufactured by Research Machines, based on the Intel 80186 CPU, and with some level of IBM PC compatibility
• Nimbus (unicycle)
• Nimbus (pleasure sailing boat 33 ft), Danish build by Bjørn Olsen 1968

[edit] In culture

• Nimbus Records, a compact disc company that featured both modern classical recordings and a section called Prima Voce, which was devoted to historical recordings of classical music.
• Nimbus Brewing Company, a microbrewery in Tucson, Arizona
• Nimbus Broadcasting Corporation, in India
• Nimbus, a horrorcore/gothic-rap artist from North London, England.

[edit] In fiction

• The Flying Nimbus cloud from the Dragon Ball Series.
• Nimbus (Futurama) The name of the spaceship commanded by Zapp Brannigan on the futuristic animated series Futurama
• Nimbus, fictional broomsticks from the Harry Potter series
• Member of The Omega Men, an extraterrestrial paramilitary rebel group from DC Comics