cloudborne

Cloudborne is a neologism formed from cloud and borne. It functions as an adjective or noun to describe things associated with clouds or cloud-based environments. Because it is a relatively new term, cloudborne lacks a single, formal definition and its precise meaning is determined by context, ranging from physical atmospheric processes to digital infrastructure.

Etymology and usage notes: The term combines "cloud" with "borne" (carried or produced) and is sometimes written as cloud-born or cloudborne depending on style.

In meteorology, cloudborne may refer to substances or phenomena that originate within clouds, such as cloud droplets, ice crystals, or aerosol particles that are produced by cloud microphysical processes and subsequently released into the surrounding air through precipitation or entrainment.

In information technology, cloudborne appears in some technical and marketing writing to describe data, services, or workloads that originate in or are delivered through cloud infrastructure. In this sense, cloudborne emphasizes cloud-based delivery, resilience, and scalability rather than the exact physical location of the data.

In literature and world-building, cloudborne can describe beings, effects, or magic tied to clouds or weather phenomena, commonly used to evoke imagery of weather control, skyward origin, or ethereal sentience.