the tropics
Definition of the tropics
: the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm
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tropicplay tropics
: 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
: the region lying between the tropics
: of, relating to, or occurring in the tropics
: of, relating to, or characteristic of tropism or of a tropism
: influencing the activity of a specified gland
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