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1. A high, sharp-edged pass occurring in a mountain ridge, usually produced by the headward erosion of opposing cirques. 2. The point of intersection of a trough and a ridge in the pressure pattern of a weather map; it is the point of relatively lowest pressure between two highs and the point of relatively highest pressure between two lows. Also known as neutral point; saddle point.

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