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Synoptic scale meteorology The synoptic scale in meteorology (also known as large scale or cyclonic scale) is a horizontal length scale of the order of 1000 kilometers (about 620 miles) or more. This corresponds to a horizontal scale typical of mid-latitude depressions (e. ...

, a meteorological analysis over an area about 1000 kilometres or more wide *

Synoptic Gospels The gospels of Gospel of Matthew, Matthew, Gospel of Mark, Mark, and Gospel of Luke, Luke are referred to as the synoptic Gospels because they include many of the same stories, often in a similar sequence and in similar or sometimes identical ...

, in the New Testament of the Bible, the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke *

Synoptic philosophy Synoptic philosophy comes from the Greek word συνοπτικός ''synoptikos'' ("seeing everything together") and together with the word philosophy, means the love of wisdom emerging from a coherent understanding of everything together. Wilfr ...

, wisdom emerging from a coherent understanding of everything together *

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, previously referred to as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory currently under construction in Chile. Its main task will be carrying out a synoptic astronomical survey, the Le ...

, a wide-field reflecting telescope, currently under construction, that will photograph the entire available sky every few nights *

SynOptics SynOptics Communications was a Santa Clara, California-based early computer network equipment vendor from 1985 until 1994. SynOptics popularized the concept of the modular Ethernet hub and high-speed Ethernet networking over copper twisted-pair a ...

, an early computer-network equipment vendor that operated from 1985 until 1994, based in Santa Clara, California *Surface synoptic observations or

SYNOP SYNOP (surface synoptic observations) is a numerical code (called FM-12 by WMO) used for reporting weather observations made by manned and automated weather stations. SYNOP reports are typically sent every six hours by Deutscher Wetterdienst on ...

, a numerical code used for reporting weather observations *Synopticon, "surveillance of the few by the many", a reverse of Bentham's

Panopticism The panopticon is a type of institutional building and a system of control designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be o ...

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