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aberratedabnormal; irregular; atypical
active frontnoun(physics, meteorology) The boundary between two different air masses, or a portion thereof, which produces appreciable cloudiness and precipitation and is usually accompanied by significant shifts in wind direction.
groundwavenoun(radio) A signal that propagates along the surface of the Earth.
frontnounThe foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
virtual focusnoun(optics) A point from which light or other radiation apparently emanates, such as in the virtual image produced by a plane mirror.
breakpointnoun(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
phase planenoun(mathematics) A two-dimensional vector field of the phase between two variables
footpointnoun(astronomy) The region at which tubes of magnetic field lines reach the surface of the photosphere to form coronal loops.
line of forcenoun(physics) An imaginary line in a field of force, whose tangent at any point gives the direction of the field at that point and whose number through unit area perpendicular to the field represents its intensity.
stationary frontnoun(meteorology) A boundary between air masses that is neither advancing nor retreating
field linenoun(physics) A visual aid for visualizing vector fields; a line drawn such that the direction of its tangent at any point equals the direction of the vector at that point.
phaseplanenounAlternative form of phase plane. [(mathematics) A two-dimensional vector field of the phase between two variables]
occluded frontnoun(meteorology) A front that occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.
focal planenoun(optics) Such a plane, in a camera, microscope etc, in which the real image is in focus.
zonenounAny given region or area of the world.
pseudosurfacenoun(physics) An extended region, often parallel to a surface, that in some way acts as if it were a surface.
fixed wavenounA standing wave, or stationary wave.
focal pointnounThe centre of any activity.
nodenoun(networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
transition pointnounThe temperature at which a substance changes from one state of matter to another, or from one solid phase to another.

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