synoptic
pronunciation
How to pronounce synoptic in British English:
UK [sɪ'nɒptɪk]
How to pronounce synoptic in American English:
US [sɪˈnɑptɪk]
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- Adjective:
- presenting a summary or general view of a whole
- presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially of the first three gospels of the New Testament
Word Origin
- synoptic (adj.)
- 1763, "pertaining to synopsis," from Modern Latin synopticus, from Late Latin synopsis (see synopsis). Greek synoptikos meant "taking a general or comprehensive view," and the sense "affording a general view" in English emerged by mid-19c. Specifically of the first three Gospels from 1841, on notion of "giving an account of events from the same point of view." Related Synoptical (1660s).
Example
- 1. Synoptic analysis of a snow storm event in shandong peninsula .
- 2. A synoptic analysis of heavy fog in winter in 2004 .
- 3. Extratropical storm surge ; synoptic pattern ; probable maximum extratropical storm surge .
- 4. This movement is often contrasted with " continental " philosophy , which is more expansive and synoptic , tends to see itself as allied to literary , cultural and social studies , and is more likely to draw on subjective experience .
- 5. Supporting this conjecture is the discovery that the monsoon lows over the summer continents are not always evident as persistent features on the daily synoptic charts .