noun
Meaning 1
plural of tropic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tropics
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: torrid zone, tropical zone
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Torrid Zone, tropical zone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: climatic zone
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tròpics — region of the Earth
- Chinese Mandarin: 熱帶 /热带 (rèdài) — region of the Earth
- Czech: tropy — region of the Earth
- Danish: troperne — region of the Earth
- Finnish: tropiikki — region of the Earth
- French: tropiques — region of the Earth
- German: Tropen — region of the Earth
- Hindi: उष्णकटिबन्ध (uṣṇakṭibandh) — region of the Earth
- Hungarian: trópus — region of the Earth
- Hungarian: forró égöv — region of the Earth
- Indonesian: tropika — region of the Earth
- Indonesian: daerah khatulistiwa — region of the Earth
- Ingrian: troopikat — region of the Earth
- Irish: trópaicí — region of the Earth
- Irish: teochrios — region of the Earth
- Japanese: 熱帯 (nettai) — region of the Earth
- Korean: 열대 (yeoldae) — region of the Earth
- Marathi: उष्ण कटिबंध (uṣṇa kaṭibandha) — region of the Earth
- Māori: wāhi pārūrū — region of the Earth
- Māori: takiwā pārū — region of the Earth
- Navajo: deesdoigi — region of the Earth
- Norwegian Bokmål: tropene — region of the Earth
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tropane — region of the Earth
- Persian: مبدأها (mabd'hâ) — region of the Earth
- Polish: tropik — region of the Earth
- Portuguese: trópicos — region of the Earth
- Romanian: tropice — region of the Earth
- Russian: тро́пики (trópiki) — region of the Earth
- Spanish: trópicos — region of the Earth
- Swahili: tropiki — region of the Earth
- Swedish: tropikerna — region of the Earth
- Tagalog: alindanga — region of the Earth
- Tagalog: kaaalindangaan — region of the Earth
- Tagalog: intanan — region of the Earth
- Vietnamese: nhiệt đới — region of the Earth
- Welsh: trofannau — region of the Earth
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