microclimaten.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪmᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌklaɪmᵻt/ Chiefly Ecology and Meteorology.
The climate of a small or restricted area, or of the immediate surroundings of an organism or object of interest, esp. where this differs from the climate generally.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > prevailing weather or climate > of a very small area
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1925 Rev. Appl. Mycol. 4 471 Temperature, absolute and relative humidity, aeration, insolation, &c., which prevail at various levels..are comprised by him [sc. L. F. Roussakov] under the term ‘microclimate’.
1930 Science 10 Jan. p. xii/2 Dr. Aikman set out to study the ‘micro-climate’ of a cornfield, as affected by the corn plants themselves.
1951 R. Geiger in T. F. Malone Compendium Meteorol. 994/1 We shall first consider microclimate as the special climate prevailing in a layer of air about two meters in height adjacent to the surface of the ground.
1973 Times 17 Nov. 12 Provided the compost is kept always moist a moist ‘microclimate’ is created around the plants.
1991 Holiday Which? Jan. 64/4 The valley floor, a lush microclimate.., is a network of frothing channels weaving their way between the pines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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