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Tropical
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tropical
adj.
pertaining to or characteristic of the tropics (regions near the earth's equator between parallels of latitude marking the summer and winter solstices); hot; concerning a trope
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Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth. The tropics are also referred to as the tropical zone and the torrid zone (see geographical zone). The tropics include all the areas on the Earth where the Sun reaches a subsolar point, a point directly overhead at least once during the solar year.
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tropical
Adjective
1. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit"
(synonym) tropic
(similar) equatorial
2. of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year"
(pertainym) tropic
3. characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
(similar) figurative, nonliteral
(classification) rhetoric
4. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"
(synonym) tropic
(similar) hot
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tropical
adj.
tropic, concerning the area of the earth that lies to the north and south of the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (parallels of latitude marking the summer and winter solstices)
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tropical
adj.
tropic, concerning the area of the earth that lies to the north and south of the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (parallels of latitude marking the summer and winter solstices)
