frontal
adjective/ˈfrʌntl/
/ˈfrʌntl/
[only before noun]- connected with the front of something
- Airbags protect the driver in the event of a severe frontal impact.
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- (also full-frontal)a frontal attack is very strong and direct
- They launched a frontal attack on company directors.
- connected with a weather front
- a cold frontal system
- (medical) connected with the front part of the head
- the frontal lobes of the brain
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the forehead’): from modern Latin frontalis, from Latin frons, front- ‘front, forehead’.
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