paleoclimatic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the climate of a region in the past

OriginEnglish climatic ← Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós) →
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Meanings

adjectivepaleoclimatic (not comparable)

alternative palaeoclimatic

  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the climate of a region in the past

    Detecting the enhanced greenhouse effect has a strong parallel in trying to interpret the paleoclimatic record.

    1995, Climate Research Committee, Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-century Time Scales, →ISBN, page 172

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπᾰλαιός (pălaiós)
  2. Englishpaleo-
  3. Englishclimatic
  4. Englishpaleoclimatic

From paleo- + climatic.

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APA

paleoclimatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleoclimatic

MLA

“paleoclimatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleoclimatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paleoclimatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleoclimatic.

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