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CLIMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does climatic mean? 

CLIMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective CLIMATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a climateplay

  Familiarity information: CLIMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLIMATIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a climate

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

climatic; climatical

Context example:

climatic changes

Pertainym:

climate (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time)

Derivation:

climate (the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time)


 Context examples 


However, they still have to check other possible influences such as changing agro-climatic conditions.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

They used this climatic information to build an ‘ecological niche model’ to map suitable and unsuitable regions for each bird group.

(Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics, University of Cambridge)

The findings of the study suggest a connection between winter rainfall in India’s northeast region and climatic conditions in the distant Pacific Ocean.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

For now it’s not fully clear why there was such a long delay between the AMOC changes and climatic changes over the North Atlantic.

(A new study is the first to measure the time lags between changing ocean currents and major climate shifts., University of Cambridge)

A subfield of dendrochronology, which investigates the climatic effect on tree growth, and uses dated tree rings to reconstruct and study past and present climate.

(Dendroclimatology, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

A record of climatic events found by examining the natural environment (tree rings, coral growth bands, layers of ice in glaciers).

(Natural climate record, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

Kane and his team also observed that unlike Earth, which experiences climatic changes such as an ice age because of slow variations in its orbit around the sun, Wolf 1061c's orbit changes at a much faster rate, which could mean the climate there could be quite chaotic.

(Searching for Life on Wolf 1061 Exoplanet, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers looked at the energy needed to meet cooling needs of populations exposed to heat stress by taking into account climatic conditions, type of housing, access to electricity and ownership of air conditioners.

(Billions at risk from heat stress at home, SciDev.Net)

They confirmed that changes in the ocean conveyor belt preceded abrupt and major climatic changes during the transition out of the last ice age, referred to as the last deglaciation.

(A new study is the first to measure the time lags between changing ocean currents and major climate shifts., University of Cambridge)



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