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LUKEWARMING [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Climatology
OBS

lukewarm (adj.): moderately warm: neither cold nor hot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Climatologie
DEF

Refroidissement, diminution d'ardeur.

CONT

Le XVe siècle [...] sera marqué par un attiédissement, le «coin de ciel bleu» (1415-1435) avec ses vendanges précoces; puis un rafraîchissement dans la seconde moitié de ce même XVe siècle. Avec des famines caractéristiques, échaudage en 1420, hiver glacial et été pourri en 1481, l'un et l'autre caractérisant bien, chacun dans son genre, les deux moitiés du siècle.

OBS

attiédir : Rendre tiède (en refroidissant ou en réchauffant).

OBS

Rare. Attiédissement du climat.

Spanish

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