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tropic |
Grep of noun tropic tropic tropic bird tropic of cancer tropic of capricorn tropical medicine tropical pitcher plant tropical prawn tropical rain forest tropical sore tropical sprue tropical year tropical zone tropicbird tropics Overview of noun tropic The noun tropic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tropic -- (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees 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) Overview of adj tropic The adj tropic has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tropical, tropic -- (relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit") 2. tropical, tropic -- (of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather") Antonyms of adj tropic 2 senses of tropic Sense 1 tropical, tropic INDIRECT (VIA equatorial) -> polar Sense 2 tropical, tropic INDIRECT (VIA hot) -> cold Similarity of adj tropic 2 senses of tropic Sense 1 tropical, tropic => equatorial (vs. polar) Sense 2 tropical, tropic => hot (vs. cold) Attributes of adj tropic Familiarity of adj tropic tropic used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj tropic adrenocorticotropic aeolotropic allotropic ametropic anisometropic anisotropic emmetropic eolotropic ergotropic gonadotropic hypermetropic isentropic isotropic lipotropic pantropic psychotropic semitropic subtropic trophotropic tropic tropical Overview of noun tropic The noun tropic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tropic -- (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees 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) Overview of adj tropic The adj tropic has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tropical, tropic -- (relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit") 2. tropical, tropic -- (of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather")
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