oc·clud·ed front ( -kl  d d)n. Meteorology The front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front. |
occluded front
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Meteorol the line or plane occurring where the cold front of a depression has overtaken the warm front, raising the warm sector from ground level Also called occlusion
| occluded front (-kldd) The front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front. Compare cold frontwarm front |
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| Noun | 1. | occluded front - (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) front - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses |
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