microclimate


Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

mi·cro·cli·mate

(mī′krō-klī′mĭt)
n.
The climate of a small, specific place within an area as contrasted with the climate of the entire area.
mi′cro·cli·mat′ic (-măt′ĭk) adj.
mi′cro·cli′ma·to·log′ic (-mə-tə-lŏj′ĭk), mi′cro·cli′ma·to·log′i·cal adj.
mi′cro·cli′ma·tol′o·gy (-tŏl′ə-jē) n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

microclimate

(ˈmaɪkrəʊˌklaɪmɪt)
n
1. (Environmental Science) the atmospheric conditions affecting an individual or a small group of organisms, esp when they differ from the climate of the rest of the community
2. (Environmental Science) the entire environment of an individual or small group of organisms
microclimatic adj
ˌmicrocliˈmatically adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mi·cro·cli·mate

(mī′krō-klī′mĭt)
The climate of a small, specific place within a larger area. An area as small as a yard or park can have several different microclimates depending on how much sunlight, shade, or exposure to the wind there is at a particular spot.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
mikroilmasto

microclimate

[ˈmaɪkrəʊˌklaɪmɪt] N → microclima m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
References in periodicals archive ?
Crewmen, the microclimate conditioning system (MCS) on your M109A6 Paladin is a lot like a bathtub.
Rub-a-dub-dub, give corrosion the snub!
Royal Caribbean has already announced the pounds 700 million vessel will have a "Central Park" style open air space the size of a football field with its own microclimate.
The world's largest cruise
Microclimate is an important element of a working environment.
Evaluation of thermo humidity microclimate in hot working environment
I explained to him that it would not survive in this microclimate and he scoffed saying that this was "ridiculous" and that he uses them all the time in Hollywood.
The right plant in the right place: explore native plant landscaping with gardener Betty Sharpless
The quarry garden benefits from its own microclimate, comprising a series of ravines, corridors and pinnacles decorated with vines, palm trees and other unusual plants.
Magical gardens
The cooling garment, according to Kinney, is one of the major significant results of a microclimate cooling research program in the last 20 years.
2002 Greatest Inventions Program: Army Materiel Command (AMC) Recognizes Soldier Systems Center for Innovation, Creativity
These improve the microclimate by evaporation in hot weather.
Constructive urbanity: an attempt to generate a large urban building which relates to the form and experience of city life, while offering varied office accommodation, has generated a result surprisingly related to Constructivism
Like other Thermoskin[R] products, the Lumbar Support is made from Trioxon, a special material featuring a spiral structure that creates a microclimate, which allows the skin to ventilate.
Lumbar Support. (Product Spotlight)
Gordon Heisler focused on trees and microclimate issues.
Urban carbon: a look behind the research
The buildings enclose a central courtyard, creating a private outdoor living area with its own wind-free microclimate.
Wind-free privacy in the courtyard

Full browser ?