tropic

== English == === Alternative forms === trop. (abbreviation) tropick (obsolete) Tropic === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒpɪk/ Rhymes: -ɒpɪk === Noun === tropic (plural tropics) (geography) 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. 1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil, Aeneas, Book I, lines 1062-64: For since on ev'ry Sea, on ev'ry Coast, Your Men have been distress'd, your Navy tost, Sev'n times the Sun has either Tropick view'd, The Winter banishish'd, and the Spring renew'd. (philosophy) The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence. Coordinate terms: neustic, phrastic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === tropic (comparative more tropic, superlative most tropic) Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical. (meteorology, rare) Hot and humid. (biochemistry, not comparable) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate. Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes. ==== Usage notes ==== In chemical sense, not to be confused with similar-sounding trophic – the words and concepts are unrelated. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “tropic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tropic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “tropic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Pictor, protic == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tropique. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtro.pik/ === Adjective === tropic m or n (feminine singular tropică, masculine plural tropici, feminine/neuter plural tropice) tropic Synonym: tropicesc ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tropic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026