frontal: Meaning and Definition of

fron•tal

1. of, in, or at the front: a frontal view; frontal attack.
1. of, pertaining to, or situated near the forehead or the frontal bone.
2. coronal (def. 4c).
3. of or pertaining to the division between dissimilar air masses: frontal zone; frontal surface.
4. the frontal plane.
1. exhibiting frontality.
2. parallel to the surface in the pictorial arts or seen from the front view in sculpture:the frontal plane.

1. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
2. frontlet (def. 1).
3. any of several parts in the frontal region, esp. the frontal bone.