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

Examples of climatic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web El Niño and La Niño are two sides of a climatic coin known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024 The anomaly of sending so much water downstream while warning municipal and agricultural users of low allocations frames the ever-increasing difficulty – bordering on impossibility — of water management in an era of climatic volatility. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024 With climatic conditions, seasons and time differences having a bigger impact in Asia and Africa than in Europe, the hosts could benefit from these factors as well as having stadiums packed with their supporters. Steve Price, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 Still, the extra methane threatens to initiate a climatic feedback loop. Matt Simon, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023 Trees, of course, can’t get up and walk to their new climatic homes. Nathan Gilles, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023 And this September, the Biden Administration launched the American Climate Corps, an army of workers who will prepare the country for the climatic challenges to come. Matt Simon, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2023 Now, in a study published earlier this year in the journal Nature Geoscience, a group of researchers argue that ultimately pulverized rock in the form of dust thrown up by the asteroid’s impact may have driven harsh climatic conditions. Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023 For many, the concern is less the direction of change than the speed of change – cultural, demographic, climatic, and economic. Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

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