different between climate vs palaeoclimatology

English

Etymology

From Middle English climat, from Old French climat, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek ????? (klíma, “latitude”, literally “inclination”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kla?m?t/

Noun

climate (plural climates)

1. (obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
2. (obsolete) A region of the Earth.
3. The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns

     And the effects from climate change are already extreme.

4. (figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation.

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Verb

climate (third-person singular simple present climates, present participle climating, simple past and past participle climated)

1. (poetic, obsolete) To dwell.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, V. i. 169:

     The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here!

Further reading

• climate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• climate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• climate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• amletic, metical

Latin

Noun

climate

1. ablative singular of clima

English

Noun

palaeoclimatology (uncountable)

1. The scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.

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