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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The initial formation of a [[front]] or frontal zone.</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The initial formation of a [[front]] or frontal zone.</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In general, an increase in the horizontal [[gradient]] of an [[airmass]] property, principally [[density]],  and the development of the accompanying features of the [[wind field]] that typify a [[front]].</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In general, an increase in the horizontal [[gradient]] of an [[air mass|airmass]] property, principally [[density]],  and the development of the accompanying features of the [[wind field]] that typify a [[front]].</div><br/> </div>
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frontogenesis

  1. The initial formation of a front or frontal zone.

  2. In general, an increase in the horizontal gradient of an airmass property, principally density, and the development of the accompanying features of the wind field that typify a front.


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