climatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce climatic in British English:
UK [klaɪˈmætɪk]
How to pronounce climatic in American English:
US [klaɪˈmætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to a climate
Word Origin
- climatic (adj.)
- 1828, from climate + -ic. There is a 1650 citation for climatical in OED. Related: Climatically.
Example
- 1. Climatic conditions still dictate where some drugs are grown .
- 2. This long-standing climatic mystery has now been solved .
- 3. The climatic gains might thus be worth the ultraviolet losses .
- 4. The uncertainty arises mainly because weather stations were never intended to provide a climatic record .
- 5. All signs suggest that the planet is still hurtling headlong toward climatic disaster .