frontal
pronunciation
How to pronounce frontal in British English:
UK [ˈfrʌntl]
How to pronounce frontal in American English:
US [ˈfrʌntl]
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- Noun:
- an adornment worn on the forehead
- a drapery that covers the front of an altar
- the face or front of a building
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- Adjective:
- belonging to the front part
- of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
- meeting front to front
- of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone
Word Origin
- frontal (adj.)
- "being in front," 1650s, of the forehead; 1971 with reference to the naked standing body; from Modern Latin frontalis, from front-, stem of Latin frons "brow, forehead" (see front (n.)). In some uses probably from front (n.) + adjectival suffix -al (1).
Example
- 1. This is the prolonged plasticity of those late-developing frontal areas as they slowly mature .
- 2. But the north koreans know how to deal with a frontal assault .
- 3. Of course , this doesn 't mean you should take a hammer to your frontal lobes .
- 4. And disabling only the frontal ganglion does not normally result in quick death or unconsciousness .
- 5. After eight weeks , the researchers measured electrical activity in the frontal part of the brain .