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Meaning of tropic

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tropic
      adj 1: relating to or situated in or characteristic of the
             tropics (the region on either side of the equator);
             "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit" [syn: {tropical},
             {tropic}]
      2: of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics;
         "tropical weather" [syn: {tropical}, {tropic}]
      n 1: either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to
           the north and south of the equator representing the points
           farthest north and south at which the sun can shine
           directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the
           Torrid Zone or tropics

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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