Tropic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’pɪk

Alternative forms

• trop. abbreviation
• tropick obsolete
• Tropic

Origin

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 (tropē, "a turn, turning, solstice, trope"); see trope.

Full definition of tropic

Noun

1. Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′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.

Derived terms

• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
2. weather, climate hot and humid.
3. (biochemistry) (noncomparative) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.The binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is allosterically regulated by various tropic factors, such as BPG and acidity.

Derived terms

• intertropical
• semitropical
• subtropical
• subtropics
• tropical
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn

Related terms

• trope

Anagrams

• Pictor
• protic