arctic front

English

Alternative forms

• Arctic front, Arctic Front

Proper noun

arctic front

1. (physics, meteorology) The semipermanent, semicontinuous front between the deep, cold arctic air and the shallower, basically less cold polar air of northern latitudes; generally comparable to the antarctic front of the southern hemisphere.

Translations

southern boundary of the Arctic air mass

• Portuguese: frente ártica f
• Romanian: front arctic n

References

• Source: FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents.

Noun

arctic front (plural arctic fronts)

1. A cold front of very cold arctic air advancing on somewhat less cold air.

Further reading

• arctic front on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “arctic front”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.