continentality

English

Etymology

From continental +‎ -ity.

Noun

continentality (countable and uncountable, plural continentalities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being a continent
2. (countable) The degree to which the climate of a place is affected by a large land mass
   • 2021, Hong Zhou et al., “Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses”, in Cell:

     Continentality (reflecting the difference between continental and marine climates) was, on average, the most important factor, contributing an average of 14.91% (based on permutation importance), followed by temperature seasonality&hellip