Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - temperate
Temperate
temperate
adj. 1 avoiding excess; self-restrained. 2 moderate. 3 (of a region or climate) characterized by mild temperatures. 4 abstemious. Phrases and idioms temperate zone the belt of the earth between the frigid and the torrid zones. Derivatives temperately adv. temperateness n. Etymology: ME f. L temperatus past part. of temperare: see TEMPER
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adjective Etymology: Middle English temperat, from Latin temperatus, from past participle of temperare Date: 14th century marked by moderation: as, keeping or held within limits ; not extreme or excessive ; mild, moderate in indulgence of appetite or desire, moderate in the use of alcoholic beverages, marked by an absence or avoidance of extravagance, violence, or extreme partisanship, 2. having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature, found in or associated with a moderate climate , existing as a prophage in infected cells and rarely causing lysis , ~ly adverb ~ness noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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