tropic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tropic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tropic

[ a.]

- Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.
- Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.

2 . Tropic

[ n.]

- One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23¡ 28/, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
- One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names.
- The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side.

Meaning of 'tropic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tropic

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

Example in sentence:

tropical fruit;
tropical islands

Meaning (2):
- of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

Example in sentence:

tropical weather

Nearby Words:

troad troat trocar trochaic trochaical trochal trochanter trochanteric trochantine trochar

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Psychotropic
Psychotropic in mental illness, a medication prescribed to treat the illness or symptoms of that illness.
Dermatotropic
Dermatotropic, having a selective affinity for the skin.

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