ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tropics

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tropics is a noun meaning plural of tropic.

Meaning

plural of tropic.

More Meanings

  1. (geography) The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

Example Sentences

The day was ending; night comes on very quickly in the tropics, and as yet there was no moon visible.
‘In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.’...He lifted a warning forefinger...‘Du calme, du calme.’

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include equator, sunbelt, tropick, troposphere, zone, climate.

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