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frontal cyclone

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[fruhn-tl sahy-klohn] / ˈfrʌn tl ˈsaɪ kloʊn /

noun

Meteorology.

  1. any extratropical cyclone associated with a weather front: the most common cyclonic storm.

Etymology

Origin of frontal cyclone

First recorded in 1925–30

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