frontogenetic

English

adj
Definitions
  • (meteorology) Tending to maintain or intensify horizontal temperature gradients, which are associated with enhanced precipitation in large scale storm systems.

Etymology

Affix from English front + English genetic (related to genes).

Origin

English

genetic

Gloss

related to genes

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