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| A boundary of two air masses of different densities. |
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| A body of air covering a wide area. |
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| A condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is above average. |
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| A condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average. |
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| a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure. |
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| a weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center. |
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| the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction. |
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| the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch. |
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| is the process of reducing heat through a change in air pressure caused by volume expansion. |
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| an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature |
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| an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas. |
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| a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground. |
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| the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level. |
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| the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution |
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| the pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere |
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| the state or quality of being humid |
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| the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system. |
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| the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system |
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| a type of cold, dry air mass originating at high latitudes over land areas |
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| air mass is an air mass formed over land in a cold region with cold dry air |
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| air coming originally from polar regions but having humidity and temperature properties modified by passing over relatively warm oceans |
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| a composite front produced by occlusion. |
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| A transition zone between two nearly stationary air masses of different density. |
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| air of a mass originating over tropical oceans and characterized by high temperature and humidity |
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| The gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope. |
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