'Temperate Zone' definitions:
Definition of 'Temperate Zone'
From: WordNet
noun
The part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate
Definition of 'Temperate zone'
From: GCIDE
- Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.]
- 1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. [1913 Webster]
- She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. [1913 Webster]
- Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Temperate zone (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate. [1913 Webster]