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TropicTropic Trop"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
Tropic bird (Zo["o]l.), any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus Pha["e]thon, found chiefly in
tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
tropic bird. Pha["e]thon flavirostris (called also
boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds. Tropic
Tropic Trop"ic, a. [Atropine + -ic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from
atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline
substance slightly soluble in water.
TropicTropic Trop"ic, n. [F. tropique, L. tropicus of or belonging
to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. ? of the solstice, ? (sc.
?) the tropic or solstice, fr. ? to turn. See Trope.]
1. (Astron.) One of the two small circles of the celestial
sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a
distance of 23[deg] 28[min], and parallel to it, which the
sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or
south, and from which it turns again toward the equator,
the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer,
and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names
of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
2. (Geog.)
(a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude
corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by
the same names.
(b) pl. The region lying between these parallels of
latitude, or near them on either side.
The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from
the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon.
--Bancroft.
Meaning of Tropic from wikipedia
- are
defined in
latitude by the
Tropic of
Cancer in the
Northern Hemisphere at 23°26′10.1″ (or 23.43613°) N and the
Tropic of
Capricorn in the
Southern Hemisphere...
- 00000°E / 23.436806; -0.00000 (Prime Meridian) The
Tropic of Cancer, also
known as the
Northern Tropic, is the
northernmost circle of
latitude on Earth...
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Tropic Thunder is a 2008
satirical action comedy film
directed by Ben Stiller, who
wrote the
screenplay with
Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. The film stars...
- The
Tropic of
Capricorn (or the
Southern Tropic) is the
circle of
latitude that
contains the
subsolar point at the
December (or southern) solstice. It...
- the Equator.
Tropic or
Tropics may also
refer to:
Tropic of
Cancer Tropic of
Capricorn Tropic, Florida, a town in the
United States Tropic, Utah, a town...
- Look up
Tropic of
Cancer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Tropic of
Cancer is the most
northerly circle of
latitude of the Earth's
tropics region...
- region.
Tropic of
Capricorn may also
refer to:
Tropic of
Capricorn (novel),
Henry Miller novel Tropic of
Capricorn (TV series), BBC TV
series Tropic of Capricorn...
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Tropic hormones are
hormones that have
other endocrine glands as
their target. Most
tropic hormones are
produced and
secreted by the
anterior pituitary...
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Hawaiian Tropic is an
American brand of
suntan lotion that was
founded by Ron Rice in 1969.
Hawaiian Tropic became the
largest private manufacturer of...
-
Tropic of
Cancer is an
autobiographical novel by
Henry Miller that is best
known as "notorious for its
candid ****uality", with the
resulting social controversy...
