tropical, tropic
(adjective) of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; “tropical weather”
tropical, tropic
(adjective) relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); “tropical islands”; “tropical fruit”
tropic
(noun) either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tropic (plural Tropics)
Alternative form of tropic (one of two specific lines of latitude that divide the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively; the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn).
• Pictor, protic
tropic (plural tropics)
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.
tropic (comparative more tropic, superlative most tropic)
Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
(weather) Hot and humid.
(biochemistry, incomparable) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.
In chemical sense, not to be confused with similar-sounding trophic – the words and concepts are unrelated.
• Pictor, protic
Source: Wiktionary
Trop"ic, a. Etym: [Atropine + -ic.] (Chem.)
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.
Trop"ic, n. Etym: [F. tropique, L.tropicus of or belonging to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. Trope.]
1. (Astron.)
Definition: One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23Âş 28min, 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.
2. (Geog.) (a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names. (b) pl.
Definition: The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side. The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon. Bancroft.
Trop"ic, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical. Tropic bird (Zoöl.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus Phaëthon, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. Phaëthon flavirostris (called also boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
