climatic

adjective

cli·​mat·​ic klī-ˈma-tik How to pronounce climatic (audio)
klə-
1
: of or relating to climate
climatic changes
the climatic requirements of the crop
2
: resulting from or influenced by the climate rather than the soil compare edaphic sense 2
climatically adverb

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But by many projections, the world may not be able to stay below the 1.5°C threshold and avert potential climatic disaster by reducing Scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions alone. Rob Van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Looking ahead, geopolitical and climatic pressures are likely to reshape international alliances. Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 10 Oct. 2024 In 2019, Bierman, a geologist, and his team discovered plant fragments in the frozen soil collected from the base of the core—evidence that Greenland’s ice sheet had melted before, under climatic conditions similar to today’s. The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Multiple climatic tipping points could also be triggered, pushing Earth systems from relatively stable states into dramatically different ones, with potentially calamitous consequences. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for climatic 

Word History

Etymology

see climate

First Known Use

1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of climatic was in 1747

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“Climatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/climatic. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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