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Front

Meaning in geology & earth sciences, with examples

/frʌnt/nounCommon term

In geology & earth sciences, front means: The boundary between two air masses with different temperature and humidity. When a cold or warm front passes, it often brings cloud, rain and a change in wind.

In Turkish: cephe, hava cephesi

How it is used

Used in weather forecasts and meteorology: a cold front, a warm front, an occluded front; a front moves in, passes through or brings rain. On weather maps, cold fronts are drawn with triangles and warm fronts with semicircles.

Example sentences

  1. A cold front will bring heavy rain and a sharp drop in temperature tomorrow.

  2. The warm front passed overnight, and the morning was mild and cloudy.

Common collocations

  • cold front
  • warm front
  • occluded front
  • a front moves in
  • frontal system
  • weatherThe state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as temperature, wind, cloud, humidity and precipitation over hours or days.
  • atmospheric pressureThe pressure caused by the weight of the air above a surface. At sea level it averages about 1013 hectopascals, and it falls as you go higher.
  • humidityThe amount of water vapour in the air, usually given as relative humidity: the percentage of the maximum amount the air can hold at that temperature.
  • precipitationWater that falls from clouds to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail. It is usually measured in millimetres per day, month or year.

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