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occluded front
noun Meteorology.
a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
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Occluded front
is always a great word to know.
So is warm front. Does it mean:
| a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing |
| a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains |
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World English Dictionary
| occluded front | |
| —n | |
| meteorol Also called: occlusion the line or plane occurring where the cold front of a depression has overtaken the warm front, raising the warm sector from ground level | |
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occluded front  (ə-kl 'dĭd) Pronunciation Key
The front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front. Compare cold front, warm front. |
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