Definitions for frontal
ˈfrʌn tlfrontal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. frontlet, frontalnoun

   an adornment worn on the forehead

2. frontalnoun

   a drapery that covers the front of an altar

3. facade, frontage, frontaladjective

   the face or front of a building

4. frontaladjective

   belonging to the front part

   "a frontal appendage"

5. frontaladjective

   of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air

   "frontal rainfall"

6. frontal, head-onadjective

   meeting front to front

   "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision"

7. frontaladjective

   of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone

   "the frontal lobes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontalnoun

   A drapery covering the front of an altar.

2. frontalnoun

   The façade of a building.

3. frontalnoun

   The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.

4. frontaladjective

   Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.

5. frontaladjective

   Anatomy

6. frontaladjective

   Of or relating to a weather front.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontalnoun

   Any external form of medicine to be applied to the forehead, generally composed amongst the ancients of coolers and hypnoticks. John Quincy

   Etymology: frontale, Lat. frontal, Fr.

   We may apply intercipients upon the temples of mastick: frontales may also be applied. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   The torpedo, being alive, stupifies at a distance; but after death produceth no such effect; which had they retained, they might have supplied opium, and served as frontals in phrensies. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontal

   Frontal refers to anything related to the front or forward-facing part of something, specifically the forehead in humans. It can also refer to a positional view in terms of anatomy or meteorology, such as a frontal attack in warfare, a frontal view in drawings or frontal rains in weather patterns.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontaladjective

   belonging to the front part; being in front

2. Frontaladjective

   of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones

3. Frontalnoun

   something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet

4. Frontalnoun

   an ornamental band for the hair

5. Frontalnoun

   the metal face guard of a soldier

6. Frontalnoun

   a little pediment over a door or window

7. Frontalnoun

   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

8. Frontalnoun

   a medicament or application for the forehead

9. Frontalnoun

   the frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium

10. Etymology: [F. frontal, fronteau, OF. Frontel, frontal, L. frontale an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See Front.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontal

   A front piece; something worn on the forehead or face; or the metal face-guard of a soldier.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frontal

   Relating to or directed to the front.

   The frontal facet of the brain is responsible for reasoning and morality.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frontal

   referring to the front of head or anterior aspect of any part.

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Curtain
   • Meteorology

How to pronounce frontal?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of frontal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of frontal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of frontal in a Sentence

1. Jonathan King:

   It's all five-letter words. But that said, you do need to be able to do a lot with those five-letter words, we usually think of something like this is a deductive-reasoning task, which would probably be associated with activity in the frontal and prefrontal lobes of the brain.

2. Henry Paulson:

   And oftentimes, we also will do brain metabolism imaging, it’s Positron Emission Tomography or PET imaging, and that can tell us which parts of the frontal lobes or the temporal lobes are involved.

3. Teresa Fernández-Crespo:

   One male suffered multiple frontal injuries, suggesting that he was facing his attacker.

4. Charlie Hunnam:

   The level of nudity that I do now, which is taking my shirt off, doesn’t bother me at all. But I have done full frontal before, i did full frontal when I was 18 on the TV show 'Queer as Folk.' But because I was playing a 15-year-old character, the censorship people wouldn’t allow us to put it on TV.

5. Oscar Isaac:

   I was surprised because I didn't know that was going to happen, you get sent the stuff to look at to be like, 'OK, I'm fine with that.' But I saw it on a laptop quite dark and I didn't notice what was happening down there. It was a surprise when I started seeing all these things like, 'It's full frontal.' I was like, 'No, what are you talking about?' And I saw it, and clear as day on the big TV there, it's there for everyone to see.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=frontal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Frontal
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=frontal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frontal
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=frontal