HyperDic: occluded_front

English > 1 sense of the expression occluded front:
NOUNphenomenonoccluded front, occlusion(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
English > occluded front: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft.
Synonymocclusion
CategorymeteorologyThe earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
Broaderfront(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
Spanishoclusión
Catalanfront oclús

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