tropic

English

noun
Definitions
  • Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.

Etymology

Derived from Latin tropicus derived from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropical, or the solstice, tropic, etc, or a trope figure, a turn change, of the solstice, of a trope, a turn, of a turn).

Origin

Ancient Greek

τροπικός

Gloss

tropical, or the solstice, tropic, etc, or a trope figure, a turn change, of the solstice, of a trope, a turn, of a turn

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