occluded front
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oc·clud·ed front
(ə-klo͞o′dĭd)n. Meteorology
The front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front.
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occluded front
n
(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
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occlud′ed front′
n.
a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft; occlusion.
[1965–70]
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occluded front
The term for when a cold front overtakes the warm front in a depression.
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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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occluded front
n (Met) → Okklusion f
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