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tem·per·ate

(tem'pĕr-ăt),
Moderate; restrained in the indulgence of any appetite or activity.
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temperate

(tĕm′pər-ĭt, tĕm′prĭt)
adj.
1.
a. Of or occurring in the Temperate Zone: temperate regions; temperate species.
b. Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
2.
a. Moderate in degree or quality; restrained: temperate criticism.
b. Exercising moderation and self-restraint: learned to be temperate in eating and drinking.
3. Biology Of or relating to a virus that infects bacterial cells but rarely causes lysis: temperate bacteriophages.

tem′per·ate·ly adv.
tem′per·ate·ness n.
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tem·per·ate

(tem'pĕr-ăt)
Moderate; restrained in the indulgence of any appetite or activity.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

tem·per·ate

(tem'pĕr-ăt)
Moderate; restrained in the indulgence of any activity.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Tharaka-Nithi, representing the humid zone, was the only county with millet samples testing above the legal limit of 5 ppb and had five times higher mean of aflatoxin in millet compared to counties in the temperate zone (Bungoma and Kisii; p<0.05).
They start with the fact that the Arctic has been warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, so the difference in temperature between the Arctic air mass and the air over the temperate zone has been shrinking.
Another distinct pattern is revealed by Hypochaeris--although the north temperate zone is confirmed as the source area for the South American Hypochaeris, the genus arrived in paramo from the south.
In the temperate zone of the northern and southern hemisphere, overall pandemic influenza activity remains sporadic.
They published in 1999 an article in English titled, "Diversity of seasonal adaptations in terrestrial true bugs (Heteroptera) from the temperate zone", which is a review of known literature including that derived from their own independent research.
One summer can be very hot and another wet, that's normal in a temperate zone.
pseudomallei were observed in the subtropical zone (south of 23.5[degrees]N) of Taiwan than in the temperate zone (north of 23.5[degrees]N) (0.18% per million and 2 PFGE types) (Table).
Eden's second bubble-shaped biome is the warm temperate zone representing the climate of the Mediterranean, Southern Africa and California.
The third--or roofless--biome is the temperate zone which thrives on the climatic advantages that Cornwall has to offer.
l The second biome is the 35m-high warm temperate zone which contains plants from the Mediterranean, Southern Africa and California.
The temperature gradient toward the higher latitudes was gentle, and climatic zoning was not sharply defined, though there was a tropical zone (between 30[degrees]N and 30[degrees]S), a temperate zone and a smaller zone with a relatively dry climate, sandwiched between these two other zones in the western areas of the continents, at around 30[degrees]N and 30[degrees]S.
This disparity is partially driven by the relative ubiquity of N limitation in the temperate zone but is also due in part to a common perception (misconception?) that the study of P biogeochemistry is significantly more difficult than N.
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