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WEATHER MAP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
Synonyms:
weather chart; weather map
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("weather map" is a kind of...):
map (a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it))
Meronyms (parts of "weather map"):
isobar ((meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time)
isotherm ((meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time)
Domain category:
meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weather map"):
wind rose (weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions)
