- isobront
- line connecting points of simultaneous storm development
Phrontistery dictionary. 2013.
isobront
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Isobront — I so*bront ([imac] s[ o]*br[o^]nt), n. [Iso + Gr. bronth thunder.] (Meteor.) An imaginary line, or a line on a chart, marking the simultaneous development of a thunderstorm, as noted by observing the time when the thunder is heard at different… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
isobront — /uy seuh bront /, n. Meteorol. a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously. [1885 90; ISO + bront < Gk bronté thunder] * * * … Universalium
isobront — noun A line drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously … Wiktionary
isobront — iso·bront … English syllables
isobront — … Useful english dictionary
Contour line — This article is about lines of equal value in maps and diagrams. For more meanings of the word contour , see Contour (disambiguation). The bottom part of the diagram shows some contour lines with a straight line running through the location of… … Wikipedia
Isopleths — An isopleth, or contour line, is a feature of meteorological charts, connecting points which have an equal value of some variable at a given time and spatial area. The particular variables shown on a given chart may include values such as… … Wikipedia
Contour Lines — All right, you must think I m off my rocker at last. Contour lines? This list of 60 nouns beginning with iso defines words for contour lines on maps and diagrams that connect points having some feature (climatic, geographic, etc.) in common also… … Phrontistery dictionary
isobronton — noun see isobront … Useful english dictionary
