climatal

 [klahy-mat-ik]  

cli·mat·ic

   [klahy-mat-ik]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to climate.
2.
(of ecological phenomena) due to climate rather than to soil or topography.
Also, cli·mat·i·cal, cli·mat·al  [klahy-mi-tl] .

Origin:
1820–30; climate + -ic

Related forms
cli·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
sub·cli·mat·ic, adjective

Can be confused: climactic, climatic.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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climate (ˈklaɪmɪt)
 
—n
1.  the long-term prevalent weather conditions of an area, determined by latitude, position relative to oceans or continents, altitude, etc
2.  an area having a particular kind of climate
3.  a prevailing trend or current of feeling: the political climate
 
[C14: from Late Latin clima, from Greek klima inclination, region; related to Greek klinein to lean]
 
usage  Climatic is sometimes wrongly used where climactic is meant. Climatic is properly used to talk about things relating to climate; climactic is used to describe something which forms a climax
 
climatic
 
—adj
 
cli'matical
 
—adj
 
'climatal
 
—adj
 
cli'matically
 
—adv

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