Found 6 hits - Term: tropic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tropic \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 23deg 28min, 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
the brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from
the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon.
--bancroft.
1913 webster
see also:
trope tropic of cancer tropic of capricorn
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tropic \trop"ic\, a.
of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
1913 webster
tropic bird zool., any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus phaethon, found chiefly in
tropical seas. they are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. the yellow-billed
tropic bird. phaethon flavirostris called also
boatswain, is found on the atlantic coast of america,
and is common at the bermudas, where it breeds.
1913 webster
see also:
tropic bird phaethon phaethon flavirostris boatswain
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
2: of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics;
"tropical weather" syn: tropical
n : 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
see also:
tropical
- [5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
tropic, ut town, fips 77560
location: 37.62464 n, 112.08770 w
population 1990: 374 147 housing units
area: 1.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
tropic, ut -- u.s. town in utah
population 2000: 508
housing units 2000: 206
land area 2000: 8.380698 sq. miles 21.705908 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.021682 sq. miles 0.056155 sq. km
total area 2000: 8.402380 sq. miles 21.762063 sq. km
fips code: 77560
located within: utah ut, fips 49
location: 37.623489 n, 112.088526 w
zip codes 1990:
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
tropic, ut
tropic
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