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cold front

Meteorol
1. the boundary line between a warm air mass and the cold air pushing it from beneath and behind as it moves
2. the line on the earth's surface where the cold front meets it
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cold front

[′kōld ‚frənt]
(meteorology)
Any nonoccluded front, or portion thereof, that moves so that the colder air replaces the warmer air; the leading edge of a relatively cold air mass.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

cold front

A front along which cold air replaces warm air by undercutting it. A cold front is the advancing or leading edge of a steep cold wedge of air. A cold front is characterized by cumulus (Cu) and cumulonimbus (Cb) clouds with frequent precipitation in the form of heavy showers.
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