temperate

(tĕm'pər-ĭt, tĕm'prĭt)
adj.

1. Exercising moderation and self-restraint: learned to be temperate in eating and drinking.
2. Moderate in degree or quality; restrained: temperate criticism.
3. Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
4. Biology. Of or relating to a virus that infects bacterial cells but rarely causes lysis: temperate bacteriophages.

[Middle English temperat, from Latin temperātus, from past participle of temperāre, to temper. See temper.]

temperately tem'per·ate·ly adv.
temperateness tem'per·ate·ness n.

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adjective

1. Exercising moderation and self-restraint in appetites and behavior: abstemious, continent, sober. See restraint/unrestraint.
2. Not excessive or extreme in amount, degree, or force: moderate, modest, reasonable. See big/small/amount, edge/center.
3. Kept within sensible limits: conservative, discreet, moderate, reasonable, restrained. See plain/fancy, restraint/unrestraint.
4. Free from extremes in temperature: mild, moderate. See edge/center.

adj

Definition: calm, moderate
Antonyms: immoderate, stormy, violent

adj

Definition: controlled, sober
Antonyms: drunk, excessive, inebriated, uncontrolled

Describing those locations and climatic types falling between subtropical and subarctic.

IN BRIEF: Showing self-control. Also: Neither very hot nor very cold.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

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Said of climate; includes consideration of temperature, humidity and wind speed, especially an absence of extremes of them. See also effective temperature.

• t. index — comparable to comfort index in human meteorology.

For a list of words related to temperate, see:

• Earth’s Atmosphere and Topographic Features - temperate: (adj) without temperature extremes
• Mild weather
• Calm, Gentle, or Easygoing
• Moderate, Sane, Conservative, or Old-Fashioned

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Common misspelling(s) of temperate

• temparate

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tempereret (f.eks. klima)

Nederlands (Dutch)
gematigd

Français (French)
adj. - tempéré, modéré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mäßig, gemäßigt, abstinent

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μετριοπαθής, ήπιος, (μετεωρ.) εύκρατος

Italiano (Italian)
temperato, moderato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - temperado, moderado, abstêmio

Русский (Russian)
(о температуре/ климате) умеренный, воздержанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - templado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - måttlig, måttfull, återhållsam, helnykter, tempererad, mild, sansad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
温和的, 有节制的, 适度的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 溫和的, 有節制的, 適度的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 절제하는, 절주의, 온건한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 度を過ごさない, 温暖な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير متطرف, معتدل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתון, מרוסן, מאופק, ממוזג (אקלים)‬

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