Definition of the tropics
:the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm
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: either of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude at a distance of about 23¹/₂ degrees north or south of the equator where the sun is directly overhead when it reaches its most northerly or southerly point in the sky — compare tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn
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: the region lying between the tropics
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: of, relating to, or occurring in the tropics
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: of, relating to, or characteristic of tropism or of a tropism
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: influencing the activity of a specified gland
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: turning, changing, or tending to turn or change in a (specified) manner or in response to a (specified) stimulus
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: attracted to or acting upon (something specified)
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