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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Climate \Cli"mate\, v. i. To dwell. [Poetic] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: climate n 1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time [syn: {clime}] 2: the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election" [syn: {mood}]
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