stationary front

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noun Meteorology.

a front between warm and cold air masses that is moving very slowly or not at all.

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Origin of stationary front

First recorded in 1935–40

A stationary front lies along the edge of cooler and warmer air masses that aren’t advancing toward one another.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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As the protagonist gets herself off in front of her impotent husband, she moans “Oh, Gronky.”
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Granted, James is in an office in the Pentagon, and not on the front lines.
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The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
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Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
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Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
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She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
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Then they all passed out through the great front door to the wide old veranda.
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He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.
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stationary front

[ stā′shə-nĕr′ē ]

A transition zone between two nearly stationary air masses of different density. See more at front.