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climatic

climatic

17 4.6
About the usual weather of a place over many years
  • adjective
  • /klaɪˈmætɪk/
translation icon : climático
  • The area prone to desertification is, by definition, determined by climatic conditions and, hence, by climate change.
  • climatic conditions
  • climatic change
  • climatic fluctuations

And that suggests massive climatic change on Mars.

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Examples

  • Developing countries vary in their ability to absorb climatic change because of the different social and environmental contexts.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Self-preservation in the face of massive climatic change requires an enlightened, humble, and strategic response.

    Academic text (2008)
  • - This is some kind of weird climatic event.

  • And that suggests massive climatic change on Mars.

  • Can life prevent global warming and maintain a climatic equilibrium on Earth?

    Academic text (1991)
  • Ice cores hold a record of past climatic and atmospheric changes.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Geographic change meant better climatic conditions, more work, and better harvests.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Honduras has thus become especially vulnerable to climatic change and climate instability.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Lowered food reserves, combined with reduced crop yields, made Sukuma agriculture more vulnerable to climatic fluctuations.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Farmers must understand the climatic factors that affect crop growth in their region.

Compounds

A region with the same general weather, like tropical or polar

A US government center that keeps the world's largest collection of weather and climate records

Surface Forms

climatic positive

Morphology

climatic = climate (transparent) = climate + ic

The adjective is a straightforward derivation from the noun 'climate' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to'.

Etymology

Climatic comes from the same root as climate and an old Greek word clima meaning 'slope' or 'tilt', because people noticed the Earth's tilt makes different weather zones. So, climatic describes the 'usual weather' of a place or time.