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tropic

DEFINITIONS OF: tropic

1

n either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics

Examples:
Tropic of Cancer
a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator
Tropic of Capricorn
a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator
Type of:
latitude, line of latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

adj relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

Synonyms:
tropical
equatorial
of or existing at or near the geographic equator

adj of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

Synonyms:
tropical
hot
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
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