frontogenetical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

frontogenetic +‎ -al, ultimately fronto- +‎ genetic +‎ -al.

Adjective[edit]

frontogenetical (not comparable)

  1. (meteorology) Synonym of frontogenetic
    • 1986, Peter S. Ray, Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting, page 186:
      Therefore if Q and Vp0 are in the same direction, the frontogenetical function is positive and there is a thermally direct circulation, and vice versa (Hoskins and Pedder, 1980).