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Occluded Front

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
occlusion
plural
Occluded Fronts
possessive
Occluded Front's
pluralpossessive
Occluded Fronts'