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tropic

Adjective tropic has 2 senses

tropical, tropic - relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit"
Antonym: polar (indirect, via equatorial)
tropical, tropic - of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"
Antonym: cold (indirect, via hot)

Noun tropic has 1 sense

tropic - either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees 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
--₁ is a kind of latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel
--₁ has particulars: Tropic of Cancer; Tropic of Capricorn

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