tropic
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1. 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 (noun.location)
| instance hyponym | : | tropic of cancer, |
| definition | : | a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tropic of capricorn, |
| definition | : | a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator (noun.location) |
2. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics (adj.all)
| similar | : | hot, |
| definition | : | 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 (adj.all) |
3. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) (adj.all)
| similar | : | equatorial, |
| definition | : | of or existing at or near the geographic equator (adj.all) |
4. 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 (noun.location)
| derivation | : | tropic, tropical, |
| definition | : | of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | tropic, tropical, |
| definition | : | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | tropical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic (adj.pert) |
5. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics (adj.all)
| derivation | : | tropic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
6. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | torrid zone, tropical zone, tropics, |
| definition | : | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | tropic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
7. 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 (noun.location)
| derivation | : | tropic, tropical, |
| definition | : | of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | tropic, tropical, |
| definition | : | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | tropical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic (adj.pert) |
8. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics (adj.all)
| derivation | : | tropic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
9. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | torrid zone, tropical zone, tropics, |
| definition | : | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | tropic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
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