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- Dictionarytropic/ˈtrɒpɪk/
noun
- 1. the parallel of latitude 23°26ʹ north (tropic of Cancer) or south (tropic of Capricorn) of the equator.
adjective
- 1. another term for tropical
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TROPIC definition: 1. one of the two imaginary lines around the earth at approximately 23.5 degrees north and 23.5…. Learn more.
The meaning of TROPIC is either of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude at a distance of about 231/2 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun is directly overhead when it reaches its most northerly or southerly point in the sky. How to use tropic in a sentence.
The tropical zone includes deserts and snow-capped mountains, which are not tropical in the climatic sense. The tropics are distinguished from the other climatic and biomatic regions of Earth, which are the middle latitudes and the polar regions on either side of the equatorial zone.
Definitions of tropic. noun. 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. see more.
Tropic definition: either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer ) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn ) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.. See examples of TROPIC used in a sentence.
TROPIC meaning: 1 : either one of the two imaginary lines that circle the Earth to the north and south of the equator; 2 : the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm.
noun. 1. (sometimes capital) either of the parallel lines of latitude at about 23 1 ⁄ 2 °N ( tropic of Cancer) and 23 1 ⁄ 2 °S ( tropic of Capricorn) of the equator. 2. See the tropics. 3. astronomy. either of the two parallel circles on the celestial sphere having the same latitudes and names as the corresponding lines on the earth. adjective.
tropic meaning: 1. one of the two imaginary lines around the earth at approximately 23.5 degrees north and 23.5…. Learn more.
Definition of tropic noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. Either of two parallels of latitude on the earth, one 23°26′ north of the equator and the other 23°26′ 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 tropics. 2.
