Complete Definition of "synoptic"

English

Adjective
synoptic

  1. Of, or relating to a synopsis
  2. 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.

Synoptic

  1. Relating to the first three Gospels of the New Testament, being similar in style and content

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French: synoptique

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