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OCCLUDED FRONT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does occluded front mean?
• OCCLUDED FRONT (noun)
The noun OCCLUDED FRONT has 1 sense:
1. (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
Familiarity information: OCCLUDED FRONT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
occluded front; occlusion
Hypernyms ("occluded front" is a kind of...):
front ((meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses)
Domain category:
meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))
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