Synonyms:
tropic
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
Dressing was rapid, for Chris, like the rest of the sailors in the tropic heat, wore only his breeches.
Caught under full sail in tropic squalls, she buried her rail and deck many times, but stubbornly refused to turn turtle.
After touching the Tropic of Capricorn at longitude 135 degrees, it headed west-northwest, going back up the whole intertropical zone.
And men rode out of the eastern lands, Broad river and burning plain; Trees that are Titan flowers to see, And tiger skies, striped horribly, With tints of tropic rain.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Durian, License CC BY-SA 4.0