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Tropic of Capricorn

  1. The parallel of latitude approximately 23°27′ south. It forms the boundary between the Torrid and South Temperate zones.

Tropic of Capricorn

  1. Imaginary line that circles the Earth about one-quarter of the way from the equator to the South Pole . The sun is directly overhead at the December solstice .

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inveterate

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