tropic

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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.

Adj

1. Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
2. (rare) Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
3. (not-comparable) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.
4. Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes.

Concetti

tropico

tropicale

sinonimi

tropical

equatorial

modal

tropics

regression line

regression lines

Traduzioni

tropique

Wendekreis

trópico

tropical

tròpic

tropical

tropical

trópico

tropical

tropisch

keerkring

τροπικός

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtɹɒpɪk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).