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Definition of: climate
(klī′mit) noun
1. The temperature, humidity, precipitation, winds, radiation, and other meteorological conditions characteristic of a locality or region over an extended period of time.
2. A region characterized by a certain average temperature, rainfall, dryness, etc.
3. Any region.
4. A prevailing or dominant trend in social affairs: climate of opinion. [<OF climat <LL clima <Gk. klima, -atos region, zone <klinein slope]
—cli·mat·ic (klī·mat′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
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