Meaning

1 senses

  1. (plural, plural only)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.

    Tropen

    тро́пикиtrópiki

    the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
region of the Earth:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
region of the Earth:

Forms

plural: the tropics
Singulartropics
Pluralthe tropics

irregular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
torrid zonetropical zone
Close in meaning
  • the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate:Torrid Zonetropical zone

Word family

7 related words
RelatedtropicalB1orthotropicstropic
Derivedboreotropicsextratropicsneotropicspalaeotropics

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tropicB2tropicalB1tropospheretrottroubadour

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