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homoclime Geogr.|ˈhɒməʊklaɪm|
[f. homo- + Gr. κλίµα (see climate) or Eng. clime.]
A region or place that has a similar climate to some given region.
Orig. defined more narrowly: see quot. 1916.
1916T. G. Taylor Control of Settlement (Commonwealth Bur. Meteorol. Bull. XIV) 23 Those regions in which climate, topography, and industries, &c., are similar I call ‘homoclimes’. Ibid., Homo-climes are British Isles, North France, much of the German Empire, [etc.]. 1931A. A. Miller Climatology ii. 14 Stations having similar climographs are described as ‘homoclimes’. Alice Springs is the homoclime of Biskra (Algeria), Perth of Cape Town, Brisbane of Durban, etc. 1950New Biol. VIII. 68 The first work to do..is to define the climate where the insects must be established, and to locate its homoclimes (i.e. areas of similar climate). |