temperate zone

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temperate zone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as,
        temperate language.
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              She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak.
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              That sober freedom out of which there springs
              Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or
        passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
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              Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
                                                    --Franklin.
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     4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
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              The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
                                                    --Pope.
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     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.
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     Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
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temperate zone - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Temperate Zone
      n 1: 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