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極前線 (kyokuzensen) Japanese meaning: polar front | Kotomora

極きょく前ぜん線せん

きょ

く

ぜ

ん

せ

ん

Meanings

1

Meteorological term for the boundary between polar and tropical air masses.

極きょく前ぜん線せんは、寒かん帯たい気き団だんと熱ねっ帯たい気き団だんの境

きょう

界かい

に

形けい

成せい

さ

れる

。

The polar front forms at the boundary between polar and tropical air masses.

Kanji

極extreme, pole, extremely
前in front, before
線line, track

Built from

極きょく+前ぜん線せん

Etymology

Compound of 極 (きょく, 'pole') and 前線 (ぜんせん, 'front'), a calque of English 'polar front'.