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OCCLUDED FRONT
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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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