frontal
frontal Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to, situated at, or directed toward the front; direct or head-on.
"The vehicle was designed with reinforced steel frames to withstand a severe frontal collision."
Of or relating to the forehead, the frontal bone of the skull, or the frontal lobe of the brain.
"Neuroimaging revealed increased activity in the frontal cortex during complex decision-making tasks."
Relating to or associated with a meteorological weather front where two air masses of different temperatures and densities meet.
"Forecasters expect widespread frontal rainfall to sweep across the coastal plains by tomorrow afternoon."
• noun
A decorative cloth or movable panel hung across the front of a church altar, often changed in color according to the liturgical season.
"For the Advent season, the sacristan draped a richly embroidered violet frontal over the high altar."
The frontal bone of the vertebrate skull, forming the forehead and the upper region of the eye sockets.
"The paleontologist carefully reconstructed the fractured frontal of the fossilized cranium."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed via Old French or Medieval Latin from Late Latin frontalis ('of the forehead'), derived from Latin frons, frontis ('forehead, brow, front').