oceanicityn.
/ˌəʊʃ(ɪ)əˈnɪsᵻti/, /ˌəʊsɪəˈnɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌoʊʃəˈnɪsᵻdi/ The extent to which a particular climate is oceanic; the state of being or having an oceanic climate.
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tropicality1838
oceanity1871
continentality1897
oceanicity1934
seasonality1968
1934 New Phytologist 33 335 This variation appears to be an expression of response..to the east to west change from oceanicity to continentality of climate.
1950 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past (ed. 2) 394 The Theory relies on periods of increased and decreased oceanicity of the climate coupled with favourable physiographic conditions.
1998 Global Ecol. & Biogeogr. Lett. 7 183/1 Its western range limit towards Fennoscandia is..assumed to be set effectively by climatic oceanicity influenced by the White Sea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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