[ˈklʌɪmɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
(e.g: our cold, wet climate)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French climat or late Latin clima, climat-, from Greek klima ‘slope, zone’, from klinein ‘to slope’. The term originally denoted a zone of the earth between two lines of latitude, then any region of the earth, and later, a region considered with reference to its atmospheric conditions. Compare with clime