warm front

warm front
noun
the front of an advancing mass of warmer air
• Hypernyms: ↑front

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noun
: the forward boundary of a warm air mass moving to replace a retreating cold air mass — see front illustration

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Meteorol.
a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.
[1920-25]

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warm front noun (meteorology)
The advancing front of a mass of warm air
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Main Entry: ↑warm

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warm front UK US noun [countable] [singular warm front plural warm fronts] science
the front edge of a mass of warm air that brings warm weather when it moves into an area. The front edge of a mass of cold air is called a cold front .
Thesaurus: weather patterns and air pressurehyponym cold weather and periods of cold weathersynonym

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warm front,
the advancing edge of a warm air mass as it passes over and displaces a cooler one.

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n. Meteorology the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system

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noun, pl ⋯ fronts [count]
: the front edge of a moving mass of warm air

An approaching warm front often means that rain is coming.

— compare ↑cold front

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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