Definition of Isobront

1. n. 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 places.

Definition of Isobront

1. Noun. A line drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isobront

1. a contour line showing the development of thunder [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isobront

isobathic
isobaths
isobathytherm
isobathytherms
isobenzofuran
isobenzofurans
isobestic
isobilateral
isobole
isoboles
isobologram
isobolograms
isoborneol
isoborneols
isobornyl thiocyanoacetate
isobront (current term)
isobronts
isobutane
isobutanes
isobutanol
isobuteine
isobutene
isobutenes
isobutyl
isobutyl alcohol
isobutyl nitrite
isobutylamine
isobutylene
isobutylenes
isobutylmethylxanthine

Literary usage of Isobront

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of by Thomas Russell (1895)
"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. ..."

2. Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of by Thomas Russell (1895)
"Sonu-times 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. ..."

3. Dictionary of Aviation by Robert Morris Pierce (1911)
"In France the isobront is drawn thru the points where the mean of the time at which the first and last thunder is heard is the same instant. ..."

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