Search:climate -> CLIMATE
climate
c l i m a t e hex:#99;#108;#105;#109;#97;#116;#101;
The Salt of the World?
- Climate - v. i. - 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.
- Climate - v. i. - 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.
- Climate - v. i. - To dwell.
- Migratory - a. - Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds.
- Rigor - n. - Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.
- Warm - superl. - Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
- Equinoctial - a. - Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
- Acclimate - v. t. - To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
- Acclimatize - v. t. - To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.
- Migrate - v. i. - To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.