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# climatic

«climatic» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with climate — the usual weather of a place over…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (climatic)

### meaning for a pupil

(science, geography) To do with climate — the usual weather of a place over many years (climatic zones, climatic change). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons it describes the world's climate zones (tropical, desert, temperate, polar) and long-term changes in weather. In the news it appears with climate change. It tells the reader we are talking about patterns over years, not today's weather. Phrases: «climatic conditions», «climatic zones», «climatic change».

### examples

- Penguins are adapted to cold climatic conditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/#x1)
- The map showed the Earth's climatic zones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/#x2)
- Rainforests need warm, wet climatic conditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/#x3)
- Scientists study climatic changes over thousands of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/#x4)
- Different climatic regions grow different crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/#x5)
- The Ice Age was a time of great climatic cooling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/#x6)

### note

Adjective only. Trap: «climatic» (about climate) is often confused with «climactic» (about the climax, the most exciting moment). «A climatic zone» but «the climactic scene». Climate is the long-term pattern; weather is what happens today.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «climatic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.