Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Climate"
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) 1.7 (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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