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ISOBRONT
Etymology
Noun
isobront (plural isobronts)
A line drawn through geographical points at which a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
Anagrams
• 'bortions, biotrons, orbitons, triboson
Source: Wiktionary
I"so*bront (i"so*bront), n. [Iso- + Gr. bronth` thunder.] (Meteor.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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