The Patriot Act increases the government's power to spy in four areas. 1  1. Expanded access to personal records held by third parties. 2  2. More secret searches. 3  3. Expansion of the intelligence exception in wiretap law. 4  4. Expansion of the pen register exception in wiretap law.
Nimbus is a Latin word meaning cloud or rain storm. Nimbo is a prefix and nimbus is a suffix. An example would be: Nimbostratus, a precipitating cloud.
Dictionary entry overview: What does nimbus mean? â¢ NIMBUS (noun) The noun NIMBUS has 2 senses: 1. a dark grey cloud bearing rain 2. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint Familiarity information: NIMBUS used as a noun is rare.