polar front
Definitions of polar front
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the front of an advancing mass of colder airsynonyms: cold fronttypes:squall linea cold front along which squalls or thunderstorms are likelytype of:front(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
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