Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isobront

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: iso-bront
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An isoline drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.

noun

An isoline drawn through geographical points which, on average, experience the same number of thundery days per year.

Example Sentences

"The lines joining the points where the first thunder is heard at the same instant of time are called "isobronts", or lines of equal front. Sometimes the isobront is taken as the mean of the time when first and last thunder is heard at a place. This is the custom in France."
"On these charts isobronts, or lines of equal frequency of thunder, were drawn. These are shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the data being expressed as percentages of days on which thunder was heard."

Etymology

From iso- + Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) (see bronto-).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: βροντή

Inflected Forms

isobronts (plural)

Questions

What does isobront mean?: An isoline drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
Where does isobront come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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