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synoptic
1. of or relating to a synopsis
2. Bible
a. (of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke) presenting the narrative of Christ's life, ministry, etc. from a point of view held in common by all three, and with close similarities in content, order, etc.
b. of, relating to, or characterizing these three Gospels
3. Meteorol showing or concerned with the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide area at a given time
4. Bible
a. any of the three synoptic Gospels
b. any of the authors of these three Gospels

synoptic [sə′näp·tik]
(meteorology)
Refers to the use of meteorological data obtained simultaneously over a wide area for the purpose of presenting a comprehensive and nearly instantaneous picture of the state of the atmosphere.


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His teaching interests include synoptic meteorology, weather forecasting, dynamic meteorology, mesoscale meteorology, and writing in the earth sciences.
For more about the patronage system of ancient Rome, see the article on the subject in Bruce Malina and Richard Rohrbaugh's Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992).
Bailey's article, Informal Controlled Oral Tradition and the Synoptic Gospels, American Journal of Theology 5 [1991], 40, 43f.
 
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