单词 | annual range |
释义 | > as lemmasannual range annual range n. the size of the difference between the greatest and least value of a climatic variable, esp. monthly mean temperature, observed over a period of one year (cf. range n.1 15a). ΚΠ 1788 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 64 There are few countries, in which the annual range of the thermometer is greater than at New York, and the neighbouring parts of America. 1818 L. Howard Climate London II. 48 The average annual range is very nearly two inches. 1927 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents 2 By subtracting the mean temperature of the warmest and coldest months we obtain the ‘annual range’. 2005 S. E. Nicholson in J. E. Oliver et al. Encycl. World Climatol. 329/2 In deserts near the equator the annual range is often much less, so that the daily temperature range is several times larger than the annual range. < as lemmas |
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