| NOUN | location | tropic | 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 |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | tropic, tropical | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) |
| all | tropic, tropical | of weather or climate |
| Sounds | traa'pihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator). | |
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| Synonym | tropical | |
| Broader | equatorial | Of or existing at or near the geographic equator |
| Spanish | tropical, trópico | |
| Catalan | tròpic, tropical | |
| Nouns | tropics | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| Meaning | Of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics. | |
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| Example | "tropical weather" | |
| Synonym | tropical | |
| Broader | hot | Used of physical heat / heat |
| Spanish | bochornoso, sofocante, tropical, trópico | |
| Catalan | sufocant, tròpic, tropical, xafogós | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Instances | Tropic of Cancer | A line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator |
| Tropic of Capricorn | A line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator | |
| Broader | latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel | An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator |
| Spanish | los trópicos, trópico | |
| Catalan | tròpic | |
| Adjectives | tropical | of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic |
| tropical | relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) | |
| tropical | of weather or climate | |
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