Synoptic

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  • adjective. Of or constituting a synopsis; presenting a summary of the principal parts or a general view of the whole.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Taking the same point of view.
  • adjective. Relating to or being the first three gospels of the New Testament, which share content, style, and order of events and which differ largely from John.
  • adjective. Of or relating to data obtained nearly simultaneously over a large area of the atmosphere.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Affording a synopsis or general view of the whole or of the principal parts of a subject: as, a synoptic table; a synoptic history.
  • noun. One of the synoptic gospels; also, one of the writers of the synoptic gospels; a synoptist.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing.
  • noun. One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See synoptist.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, or relating to a synopsis
  • adjective. In general, pertaining to or affording an overall view. In meteorology, this term has become somewhat specialized in referring to the use of meteorological data obtained simultaneously over a wide area for presenting a comprehensive and nearly instantaneous picture of the state of the atmosphere. Thus, to a meteorologist, synoptic takes the additional connotation of simultaneity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament
  • adjective. presenting a summary or general view of a whole
  • Word Usage
    "On the one hand, many AGW skeptics are told not to confuse short term synoptic weather patterns with long term climate trends; on the other hand, when short term climate trends coincide with AGW theories they immediatly make headline news see the 2005 Hurricane Season as a prime example."
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    Coptic  optic  
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    synoptist