polar-front theory

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polar-front theory [′pō·lər ¦frənt ‚thē·ə·rē]

(meteorology)

A theory whereby a polar front, separating air masses of polar and tropical origin, gives rise to cyclonic disturbances which intensify and travel along the front, passing through various phases of a characteristic life history.

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