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The feature, known as the halo — although the correct technical term is frontal cockpit protection device — is a roll-bar structure with a single central strut, made of titanium and weighing 15.4 pounds.
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By ditching traditional architecture, like Parthenon grilles and massive frontal areas, and by using electrical power, Lagonda design can still be distinctive and luxurious without being grandiose.
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Humidity is running high as well, with dew points stuck in the low 60s until the aforementioned frontal passage.
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After a brief lull in the rain late Tuesday evening and into early Wednesday, an impressive frontal system moves into the metro area on Wednesday bringing in some heavy rain and windy conditions.
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But never fear: The former Mouseketeer has not gone full-frontal Bon Iver.
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My towel, a security blankie at first, is quickly discarded in favor of full-frontal.
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Payoffs include a viewing deck built on an extended outcrop for full frontal of 410-foot falls, with side trip to brink of falls (fenced for safety).
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The Bone and Arrow Make bonding meet bondage with this full-frontal pose.
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First Known Use of frontal
14th century
Definition of frontal
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: of, relating to, or adjacent to the forehead or the frontal bone
2 a
: of, relating to, or situated at the front
b
: directed against the front or at the main point or issue : direct
- frontal assault
3
: parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane
4
: of or relating to a meteorological front
Examples of frontal in a Sentence
most cars have the engine in the frontal part
Recent Examples of frontal from the Web
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The coupling was asymmetrical, linking her central-frontal regions with his right hemisphere.
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Regulators also pointed to a 2016 recall of more than 1.4 million Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV vehicles for similar problems with air bags failing in significant frontal crashes.
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With Marquette starting four guards and no one taller than willowy 6-footer Allazia Blockton, U of L coach Jeff Walz' gameplan was more frontal assault than flanking maneuvers.
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The design gives the I-Pace a relatively low drag coefficient (Cd) of 0.29, although that number is somewhat meaningless without taking into account the frontal area (CdA), a figure car companies seem loath to give out.
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Trump’s advance on higher education has consequently been piecemeal, more guerilla warfare than frontal assault.
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So some of these patients can actually develop dementia, called frontal-temporal lobe dementia.
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By the 1930s, frontal lobotomy was emerging as a treatment for mental illness.
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If tightness across your chest and frontal shoulders is too strong, try elevating your forearms here with blankets or blocks.
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Origin and Etymology of frontal
New Latin frontalis, from Latin front-, frons
FRONTAL Defined for English Language Learners
frontal
Definition of frontal for English Language Learners
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: relating to the front of something : directed at the front
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: relating to or showing the front of the human body
FRONTAL Defined for Kids
Definition of frontal for Students
: of or directed at a front
- a frontal attack
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of frontal
1
: of, relating to, or adjacent to the forehead or the frontal bone
2
: of, relating to, or situated at the front or anteriorly
3
: parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane
- a frontal plane
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