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climate

noun
/ˈklaɪ.mɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

  1. derived from κλίμα
  2. derived from clima
  3. derived from climat
  4. inherited from climat

Definitions

  1. The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area…

    The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).

    • And the effects from climate change are already extreme.

  2. The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.

    • Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate.
    • In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial.
    • This isn't the time for militant unionism. If I were at ScotRail, in the current climate I'd trade a pay freeze [sic: pay rise?] for job security.

  3. An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A region of the Earth.

    2. To dwell.

      • The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here!

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Derived

acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize, agroclimate, astroclimate, bioclimate, chilly climate, cli-fi, climatal, climatarian, climatastrophe, climate anxiety, climate arson, climate arsonist, climate bond, climate breakdown, climate canary, climate catastrophe, climate chamber, climate change, climate-changing, climate-changed, climate control, climate-controlled, climate criminal, climate crisis, climate denial, climate denialism, climate denialist, climate denier, climate despair, climate emergency, climateer, climate finance, climate fire, Climategate, climate grief, climate hawk, climate hoax, climate justice · +47 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at climate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01climate02represented03represent04acting05authority06source07ground08soil

A definitional loop anchored at climate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at climate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA