Most cars and trucks on the road today use a serpentine belt to transfer power from the engineâs crankshaft rotation to the multiple accessories that are bolted to the vehicleâs engine, such as the alternator, power steering pump, radiator cooling fan, and A/C compressor, among others.
What does nimbo and nimbus mean? Nimbus is a Latin word meaning cloud or rain storm. The prefix nimbo- or the suffix -nimbus indicates a precipitating cloud; for example, a nimbostratus cloud is a precipitati â¦ ng stratus cloud, and a cumulonimbus cloud is a precipitating cumulus cloud.
, I'm no cloud expert, but I know some things about clouds. What is called a nimbus cloud is a cloud that produces precipitation. In the warmer months (or in places where it's warm year round), precipitation that falls from these clouds is primarily rain. But, in the colder months (or in places where it's cold year round), precipitation is primarily snow, though other forms of icy precipitation may fall from nimbus clouds.