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temperate zone

noun, often capitalized T&Z

Definition of temperate zone

: the area or region between the Tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle or between the Tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle

Examples of temperate zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Not only do conditions vary from the tropics to the temperate zones, but average temperatures keep creeping upward as the planet warms under heat-trapping greenhouse gases. — Eric Niiler, WIRED, "Scientists Are Getting Better at Predicting Killer Heat Waves," 24 July 2019 But shorelines around the world—especially in developed, temperate zones—are now severely wood impoverished compared to their condition before human settlement. — Brian Payton, Smithsonian, "How Driftwood Reshapes Ecosystems," 9 Feb. 2018

First Known Use of temperate zone

1551, in the meaning defined above

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