tropics
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tropics¹
noun
- plural of tropic
noun the tropics
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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.
The day was ending; night comes on very quickly in the tropics, and as yet there was no moon visible.
Similar: torrid zone, tropical zone
Tropics²
noun
- plural of Tropic
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: torrid zone, tropical zone, equatorial belt, tropic zone, equatorial region, equator, sunbelt, low latitudes, hot zone, trop., tropick, temperate zone, troposphere, zone, climate, tropopause
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Talk about this word "tropics." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tropics. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tropics. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tropics "tropics." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tropics.Cite this
@misc{tropics_2026,
title = {tropics},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tropics},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
