Properly, the term cirrocumulus refers to each cloud, but is typically also used to refer to an entire patch of cirrocumulus. When used in this way, each cirrocumulus element is referred to as a "cloudlet".
properly the term cirrocumulus refers to each cloud but is typically also used to refer to an entire patch of cirrocumulus when used in this way each cirrocumulus element is referred to as a "cloudlet"