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Boreal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Boreal? [adj] comprising or throughout far northern regions [adj] toward or located in the north; "the boreal signs of the Zodiac" [adj] relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind Synonyms \| Synonyms for Boreal: circumboreal \| northern Related Terms \| Find terms related to Boreal: aeolian \| aestival \| airish \| airy \| algid \| antarctic \| arctic \| austral \| autumn \| autumnal \| below zero \| biting \| bitter \| bitterly cold \| blasty \| bleak \| blowy \| blustering \| blusterous \| blustery \| breezy \| brisk \| brumal \| canicular \| cold \| cold as charity \| cold as death \| cold as ice \| cold as marble \| crisp \| cutting \| drafty \| east \| eastbound \| easterly \| eastermost \| eastern \| easternmost \| equinoctial \| favonian \| flawy \| freezing \| freezing cold \| fresh \| frigid \| gelid \| glacial \| gusty \| hibernal \| hiemal \| hyperborean \| ice-cold \| ice-encrusted \| icelike \| icy \| inclement \| keen \| meridional \| midsummer \| midwinter \| nipping \| nippy \| north \| northbound \| northeast \| northeasterly \| northeastern \| northerly \| northern \| northernmost \| northwest \| northwesterly \| northwestern \| numbing \| occidental \| oriental \| out of season \| penetrating \| piercing \| pinching \| puffy \| raw \| rigorous \| seasonal \| severe \| sharp \| Siberian \| sleety \| slushy \| snappy \| solstitial \| south \| southbound \| southeast \| southeasterly \| southeastern \| southerly \| southern \| southernmost \| southwest \| southwesterly \| southwestern \| spring \| springlike \| squally \| stone-cold \| subzero \| summer \| summerlike \| summerly \| summery \| supercooled \| vernal \| west \| westbound \| westerly \| western \| westernmost \| windy \| winter \| winterbound \| winterlike \| wintery \| wintry See Also \| Boreal In Webster's Dictionary \Bo"real\, a. [L. borealis: cf. F. bor['e]al. See {Boreas}.] Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast. So from their own clear north in radiant streams, Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. --Thomson. \Bo"real\, a. (Biogeography) Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18[deg] C. (= 64.4[deg] F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and {Boreal zone}, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.

Boreal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Boreal?

[adj] comprising or throughout far northern regions
[adj] toward or located in the north; "the boreal signs of the Zodiac"
[adj] relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind

Synonyms | Synonyms for Boreal: circumboreal | northern

See Also |

Boreal In Webster's Dictionary

\Bo"re*al\, a. [L. borealis: cf. F. bor['e]al. See
{Boreas}.]
Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as,
a boreal bird; a boreal blast.

      So from their own clear north in radiant streams,
      Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. --Thomson.


\Bo"re*al\, a. (Biogeography)
Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division
consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the
Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region
exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding
areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by
them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region
includes approximately all of North and Central America in
which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not
exceed 18[deg] C. (= 64.4[deg] F.). Its subdivisions are the
Arctic zone and

{Boreal zone}, the latter including the area between the
   Arctic and Transition zones.

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