11 July 2013

synoptic

[si-nop-tik]

adjective

1. pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
2. ( often initial capital letter ) taking a common view: used chiefly in reference to the first three Gospels (synoptic Gospels) Matthew, Mark, and Luke, from their similarity in content, order, and statement.
3. ( often initial capital letter ) pertaining to the synoptic Gospels.
4. meteorological: showing or concerned with the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide area at a given time: a synoptic chart

Also, syn·op·ti·cal.

Origin:
1755–65; < Greek synoptikós, equivalent to synop- (see synopsis) + -tikos -tic

Related forms
syn·op·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·syn·op·tic, adjective, noun
non·syn·op·ti·cal, adjective
non·syn·op·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Today’s aphorism

There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.

– Leonard Cohen

On this day

11 July 1977 – Nine years after his assassination, Martin Luther King is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Jimmy Carter.

11 July 1979 – US space station, Skylab, ignites on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, causing debris to rain down on Australia. The space station was unoccupied at the time.