temperate : Idioms & Phrases

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cold-temperate

  • adjective satellite the colder parts of temperate waters
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north temperate zone

  • noun Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer
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south temperate zone

  • noun Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn
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temperate rain forest

  • noun a rain forest in a temperate area
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Temperate zone

  • noun the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate
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  • (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
Webster 1913