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# climatic

adjective (climatic)

«climatic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «climatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/climatic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«climatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/climatic.html) on Mova free.