The meaning of Tropics

Tropics – definition

noun
The parallel of latitude 23°26ʹ north (tropic of cancer) or south (tropic of capricorn) of the equator.
Usage examples:
The vineyard area extends from the tropic of capricorn in the north to the 40th parallel in the sou…

adjective
Relating to, consisting of, or exhibiting tropism.
Usage examples:
Early red and green algae may have been unable to radiate 1,500 mya because of physical factors suc…

plural noun
The hottest area of the earth, the area on either side of the equator reaching to 23.5 degrees to the north and south

Tropics translation into English

Tropics: translate from English into Chinese

热带

Tropics: translate from English into Dutch

Tropen

Tropics: translate from English into French

Tropiques, Des tropiques

Tropics: translate from English into German

Tropen

Tropics: translate from English into Hindi

कटिबंधों

Tropics: translate from English into Italian

Tropici

Tropics: translate from English into Korean

열대, 열대지방

Tropics: translate from English into Russian

Тропики

Tropics: translate from English into Spanish

Zona tropical

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting the point on the ecliptic reached by the sun at the solstice): via Latin from Greek tropikos, from tropē ‘turning’, from trepein ‘to turn’.

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Tropics – similar words

tropical

adjective
Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.
Usage examples:
Tropical countries

adjective
Of or characteristic of the tropics (= the hottest area of the earth)
Usage examples:
A tropical climate, a tropical storm

All meanings and translations of Tropical

tropic

noun
The parallel of latitude 23°26ʹ north (tropic of cancer) or south (tropic of capricorn) of the equator.
Usage examples:
The vineyard area extends from the tropic of capricorn in the north to the 40th parallel in the sou…

adjective
Another term for tropical (sense 1).

adjective
Relating to, consisting of, or exhibiting tropism.
Usage examples:
Early red and green algae may have been unable to radiate 1,500 mya because of physical factors suc…

All meanings and translations of Tropic

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