Temperate

tem′pėr-āt, adj. moderate in degree of any quality, esp. in the appetites and pa ions, self-restrained: calm: cool, mild, moderate in temperature: abstemious.— adv. Tem′perately .— n. Tem′peratene .— adj. Tem′perative .— n. Tem′perature , constitution: proportion: degree of any quality, esp. of heat or cold in weather or climate: the thermal condition of a body which determines the interchange of heat between it and other bodies: state of a living body with respect to sensible heat.— Temperate zones , the parts of the earth of more cool and equable temperature lying between the tropics and the polar circles—the North Temperate Zone being the space between the tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle; the South Temperate Zone , that between the tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle.