tropic

Meanings

Plural: tropics

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
Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.

Adjective Satellite

relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
- "tropical islands"
- "tropical fruit"
of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
- "tropical weather"

Adj

Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
Hot and humid.
Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.
Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin tropicus (“of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”), from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).

Synonyms

tropical

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