isobront

[ ahy-suh-bront ]

noun

, Meteorology.

1. a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.

Word History and Origins

Origin of isobront¹

1885–90; iso- + -bront < Greek brontḗ thunder

Example Sentences

Isobront, ī′so-bront, n. a line on a map connecting points at which a peal of thunder is heard simultaneously.

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