| climate | (n) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time, Syn. clime, Example: the dank climate of southern Wales; plants from a cold clime travel best in winter |
| climate | (n) the prevailing psychological state, Syn. mood, Example: the climate of opinion; the national mood had changed radically since the last election |
| climate change | (n) a change in the world's climate, Syn. global climate change |
| climatic | (adj) of or relating to a climate, Syn. climatical, Example: climatic changes |
| climatically | (adv) with respect to climate, Example: they were used to a climatically different environment |
| climatic zone | (n) any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude |
| climatologist | (n) someone who is expert in climatology |
| climatology | (n) meteorology of climates and their phenomena |
| Climatal | a. Climatic. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Climatarchic | a. [ Climate + Gr. &unr_; to rule. ] Presiding over, or regulating, climates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Climate | n. [ F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. &unr_; to slope, incline, akin to E. lean, v. i. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Clime. ] |
| Climate | v. i. To dwell. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Climatic | a. Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Climatical | a. Climatic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Climatize | v. t. & i. |
| Climatography | n. [ Climate + -graphy. ] A description of climates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Climatological | a. Of or pertaining to climatology. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Climatologist | n. One versed in, or who studies, climatology. [ 1913 Webster ] |