单词 | continentality |
释义 | continentalityn. The condition of being continental; spec. in Meteorology. [translating German kontinentalität (W. Zenker Der thermische Aufbau d. Klimate (1895) ii. 120] , the qualities possessed by or typical of a continental climate. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > prevailing weather or climate > specific types or qualities of tropicality1838 oceanity1871 continentality1897 oceanicity1934 seasonality1968 1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 332 The fact that such a large mass of apparently continuous ice exists circumpolarly..is probably the one most significant circumstance which has led to favor the view of continentality. 1903 R. de C. Ward tr. J. Hann Handbk. Climatol. xii. 215 In order to obtain a proper value for the derivation of temperature from the amount of radiation in a typical continental climate, Zenker was first obliged to establish the idea of ‘continentality’ with reference to temperature conditions. 1922 Nature 22 Apr. 512/2 He lays stress on the distribution of land and water within the zones; climate is greatly affected by ‘continentality’ and ‘oceanity’. 1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past iv. 104 A distinct climatic zonation, from S to N (approaching the ice) as well as from W to E (increasing continentality). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1897 |
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