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cli·mate    Audio Help   [klahy-mit] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
2.a region or area characterized by a given climate: to move to a warm climate.
3.the prevailing attitudes, standards, or environmental conditions of a group, period, or place: a climate of political unrest.

[Origin: 1350–1400 for earlier senses; 1595–1605 for def. 2; ME climat < L clīmat- (s. of clīma) < Gk klīmat-, s. of klma slope, equiv. to klī- (akin to klnein to slope, lean) + -ma n. suffix]

3. mood, atmosphere, spirit, tone, temper.
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cli·mate    Audio Help   (klī'mĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region.
  2. A region of the earth having particular meteorological conditions: lives in a cold climate.
  3. A prevailing condition or set of attitudes in human affairs: a climate of unrest.


[Middle English climat, from Old French, from Late Latin clima, climat-, from Greek klima, surface of the earth, region; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

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climate 
1375, from O.Fr. climat, from L. clima (gen. climatis) "region, slope of the Earth," from Gk. klima "region, zone," from base of klinein "to slope," thus "slope of the Earth from equator to pole," from PIE base *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Angle of sun on the slope defined the zones assigned by early geographers. Meaning moved from "region" to "weather associated with that region" by c.1600. Climatology first recorded 1843.

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climate

noun
1. the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" 
2. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election" 

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climate1 [ˈklaimət] noun
the weather conditions of a region (temperature, moisture etc)
Example: Britain has a temperate climate.
Arabic: مُناخ، طَقْس
Chinese (Simplified): 气候
Chinese (Traditional): 氣候
Czech: klima
Danish: klima
Dutch: klimaat
Estonian: kliima
Finnish: ilmasto
French: climat
German: das Klima
Greek: κλίμα
Hungarian: éghajlat, klíma
Icelandic: loftslag
Indonesian: iklim
Italian: clima
Japanese: 気候
Korean: 기후
Latvian: klimats
Lithuanian: klimatas
Norwegian: klima, værlag
Polish: klimat
Portuguese (Brazil): clima
Portuguese (Portugal): clima
Romanian: climă, cli­mat
Russian: климат
Slovak: podnebie
Slovenian: podnebje
Spanish: clima
Swedish: klimat
Turkish: iklim
climate2 [ˈklaimət] noun
the conditions in a country etc
Example: the economic/moral climate
Arabic: مُناخ عام ( الأفكار السّائِدَه)
Chinese (Simplified): 一般(社会)趋势
Chinese (Traditional): 社會環境
Czech: ovzduší, poměry
Danish: klima
Dutch: klimaat
Estonian: õhkkond
Finnish: ilmasto, ilmapiiri
French: climat
German: das Umfeld
Greek: κλίμα, κατάσταση
Hungarian: légkör
Icelandic: andi, andrúmsloft, aðstæður
Indonesian: suasana
Italian: clima
Japanese: 風潮
Korean: 풍토, 사조
Latvian: klimats
Lithuanian: sąlygos, klimatas, atmosfera
Norwegian: klima, atmosfære
Polish: klimat, sytuacja
Portuguese (Brazil): clima
Portuguese (Portugal): clima
Romanian: climat
Russian: атмосфера; климат
Slovak: pomery
Slovenian: razmere
Spanish: clima, situación
Swedish: klimat
Turkish: (genel) hava, ortam
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climate    Audio Help   (klī'mĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
The general or average weather conditions of a certain region, including temperature, rainfall, and wind. On Earth, climate is most affected by latitude, the tilt of the Earth's axis, the movements of the Earth's wind belts, the difference in temperatures of land and sea, and topography. Human activity, especially relating to actions relating to the depletion of the ozone layer, is also an important factor.

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climate

A region's usual weather patterns. The climate at any point on Earth is determined by things such as the general movement of the atmosphere, the proximity of the oceans, and the altitude of the location.

Note: The climate also is affected by the sun, by changes in the orbit of the Earth, by plate tectonics, and by human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, which may lead to a greenhouse effect.

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Climate

Ac*cli"mate\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acclimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Acclimating.] [F. acclimater; [`a] (l. ad) + climat climate. See Climate.] To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. --J. H. Newman.
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Climate

Cli"mate\, n. [F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. ? to slope, incline, akin to E. lean, v. i. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Clime.]

1. (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

2. The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.
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