Definition of Frontal
1. Noun. An adornment worn on the forehead.
2. Adjective. Belonging to the front part. "A frontal appendage"
3. Noun. A drapery that covers the front of an altar.
4. Adjective. Of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air. "Frontal rainfall"
5. Noun. The face or front of a building.
6. Adjective. Meeting front to front. "A head-on collision"
7. Adjective. Of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone. "The frontal lobes"
Definition of Frontal
1. a. Belonging to the front part; being in front
2. n. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet
Definition of Frontal
1. a bone of the skull [n -S]
Medical Definition of Frontal
1.
Belonging to the front part; being in front; especially.
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Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.
Origin: Cf. F. Frontal.
1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as: An ornamental band for the hair.
The metal face guard of a soldier.
2. A little pediment over a door or window.
3. A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.
4. A medicament or application for the forehead.
5. The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium. Frontal hammer or helve, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head.
Origin: F. Frontal, fronteau, OF. Frontel, frontal, L. Frontale an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See Front.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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