OCCLUDED FRONT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

Synonyms:

occluded front; occlusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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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