Tropic
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tropic¹
- /ˈtɹɒpɪk/
Rhymes with -ɒpɪk
Where it comes from
From Late Latin tropicus (“of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”), from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).
noun tropics · trop. · tropick · Tropic
- Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ 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. O conſider my caſe, moſt blisfull Queen, […] Diſpell thoſe Clouds which hover 'twixt my King and his higheſt Counſell, […] that my great Law-making Court be forced to turn no more to polemicall Committees, […] but that they may come again to the old Parliamentary Rode, To the path of their Predeceſſ
- The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence.
adjective more tropic · most tropic · trop. · tropick · Tropic
- Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
- Hot and humid.
- Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate. The binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is allosterically regulated by various tropic factors, such as BPG and acidity.
- Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes. This process of tropic change, once identified in nostalgia poems, can be applied to a range of new and emerging genres in various periods. Identifying the tropes of nostalgia, in other words, allows us to appreciate the process[…]
Tropic²
noun 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).tropic
