Climate

[Fr. climat, Lat. clima, gen. climatis, Gr. κλίμα, gen. κλίματος, slope, the supposed slope of the earth from the equator toward the pole, hence a region or zone of the earth, from κλίνει, to slope, incline.]

1Sense 1. (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones of the earth, parallel to the equator, corresponding to the successive increase of a quarter of an hour in the length of the midsummer day.

2Sense 2. The condition of a place in relation to the various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, &c., especially as they affect animal life or man.

I mean those qualities of the air and climate which are supposed to work insensibly on the temper by altering the tone and habit of the body. Hume.