stationary front
nounMeteorology.
a front between warm and cold air masses that is moving very slowly or not at all.
Origin of stationary front
1First recorded in 1935–40
Words Nearby stationary front
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How to use stationary front in a sentence
A stationary front lies along the edge of cooler and warmer air masses that aren’t advancing toward one another.
Scientific definitions for stationary front
stationary front
[ stā′shə-nĕr′ē ]
A transition zone between two nearly stationary air masses of different density. See more at front.
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