occluded front (redirected from occluded fronts)

oc·clud·ed front (-kldd)

n. Meteorology

The front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front.

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occluded front

Noun

Meteorol the front formed when the cold front of a depression overtakes a warm front, raising the warm air from ground level

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occluded front  (-kldd)

The front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front. Compare cold frontwarm front

Thesaurus

Noun

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