Found 1 items, similar to Temperate zone.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Temperate zone Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.] 1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate. [1913 Webster] 2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. [1913 Webster] She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak. [1913 Webster] That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. [1913 Webster] Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.] [1913 Webster] The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Temperate zone (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones. [1913 Webster] Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate. [1913 Webster]