FRONTAL

I. noun Date: 14th century a cloth hanging over the front of an altar, facade 1, II. adjective Etymology: New Latin ~is, from Latin front-, frons Date: 1656 of, relating to, or adjacent to the forehead or the ~ bone, 2. of, relating to, or situated at the front, directed against the front or at the main point or issue ; direct , parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane, of or relating to a meteorological front, ~ly adverb