'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]