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n.

1. Either of two parallels of latitude on the earth, one 23°27' north of the equator and the other 23°27' 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.
2. Tropics or tropics The region of the earth's surface lying between these latitudes.
Astronomy Either of two corresponding parallels of celestial latitude that are the limits of the apparent northern and southern passages of the sun.

adj. Of or relating to the Tropics; tropical.

[Middle English tropik, from Old French tropique, from Late Latin tropicus, from Latin, of a turn, from Greek tropikos, from tropē, a turning; see trep- in Indo-European roots.]

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tropics
noun
the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate [syn: Torrid Zone]

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ˈtropics noun plural

the hot regions between or (loosely) near these lines
Example: The ship is heading for the tropics.

Arabic:	مِنْطَقَه إسْتِوائِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	热带地区
Chinese (Traditional):	熱帶地區
Czech:	tropy
Danish:	troperne
Dutch:	tropen
Estonian:	troopika
Finnish:	tropiikki
French:	tropiques
German:	die Tropenpl.
Greek:	τροπικές χώρες
Hungarian:	a trópusok
Icelandic:	hitabeltið
Indonesian:	kawasan tropis
Italian:	tropici

Japanese:	熱帯地方
Latvian:	tropi; tropu apgabals
Lithuanian:	atogrąžos, tropikai
Norwegian:	tropene
Polish:	tropik
Portuguese (Brazil):	trópicos
Portuguese (Portugal):	trópicos
Romanian:	tropice
Russian:	тропики
Slovak:	trópy
Slovenian:	tropi
Spanish:	trópicos
Swedish:	tropikerna
Turkish:	tropikal, sıcak kuşak

See also: tropical, tropic

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tropic Audio Help (trŏp'ĭk) Pronunciation Key

Either of the two parallels of latitude representing the points farthest north and south at which the Sun can shine directly overhead. The northern tropic is the Tropic of Cancer and the southern one is the Tropic of Capricorn.
tropics. The region of the Earth lying between these latitudes. The tropics are generally the warmest and most humid region of the Earth. Also called Torrid Zone.