What does Tropics mean?
Definitions for Tropics
trop·ics
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Tropics.
Princeton's WordNet
Torrid Zone, tropical zone, tropicsnoun
the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate
Wiktionary
tropicsnoun
The region of the Earth, centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.
ChatGPT
tropics
The tropics refers to the region of the Earth surrounding the equator, limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23.4 degrees north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23.4 degrees south. It is the warmest region of the Earth and experiences high rainfall and temperature throughout the year. This region is also characterized by high biodiversity.
Wikidata
Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at 23° 26′ 16″ N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23° 26′ 16″ S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth. The tropics are also referred to as the tropical zone and the torrid zone. The tropics include all the areas on the Earth where the Sun reaches a point directly overhead at least once during the solar year. The tropics are distinguished from the other climatic and biomatic regions of Earth, the middle latitudes and the polar regions on either side of the equatorial zone.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Tropics
two parallels of latitude on either side of the equator, which mark the limits N. and S. of the sun's verticality to the earth's surface, the distance being in each case 23½°; the northern tropic is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
tropics
Two imaginary lines upon the globe, or lesser circles of the sphere, parallel to the equator, and at 23-1/2° distance on each side of it; they touch the ecliptic at its greatest distances from the equator, and from the boundaries of the sun's declination, north and south.
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1507","8"],["1590","18"],["1703","1"],["1719","1"],["1725","3"],["1728","6"],["1729","2"],["1730","1"],["1731","1"],["1732","1"],["1734","1"],["1737","14"],["1738","3"],["1742","10"],["1748","55"],["1749","7"],["1750","8"],["1751","4"],["1752","2"],["1753","19"],["1754","47"],["1755","3"],["1756","17"],["1757","7"],["1758","11"],["1759","8"],["1760","61"],["1761","9"],["1762","14"],["1763","27"],["1764","43"],["1765","28"],["1766","47"],["1767","26"],["1768","25"],["1769","40"],["1770","62"],["1771","25"],["1772","28"],["1773","10"],["1774","11"],["1775","45"],["1776","113"],["1777","148"],["1778","185"],["1779","37"],["1780","65"],["1781","33"],["1782","31"],["1783","69"],["1784","73"],["1785","34"],["1786","26"],["1787","92"],["1788","58"],["1789","49"],["1790","91"],["1791","42"],["1792","91"],["1793","86"],["1794","81"],["1795","128"],["1796","51"],["1797","82"],["1798","62"],["1799","114"],["1800","112"],["1801","162"],["1802","179"],["1803","226"],["1804","205"],["1805","224"],["1806","220"],["1807","254"],["1808","200"],["1809","261"],["1810","238"],["1811","573"],["1812","283"],["1813","250"],["1814","387"],["1815","703"],["1816","207"],["1817","321"],["1818","837"],["1819","508"],["1820","359"],["1821","523"],["1822","896"],["1823","460"],["1824","685"],["1825","686"],["1826","696"],["1827","677"],["1828","572"],["1829","767"],["1830","768"],["1831","708"],["1832","989"],["1833","1053"],["1834","1187"],["1835","1473"],["1836","945"],["1837","1121"],["1838","795"],["1839","883"],["1840","1099"],["1841","1056"],["1842","876"],["1843","1068"],["1844","938"],["1845","1239"],["1846","1885"],["1847","1416"],["1848","1715"],["1849","2490"],["1850","2651"],["1851","2209"],["1852","2383"],["1853","2464"],["1854","2204"],["1855","2752"],["1856","2600"],["1857","2493"],["1858","2325"],["1859","2204"],["1860","2208"],["1861","1623"],["1862","1549"],["1863","1755"],["1864","1961"],["1865","1453"],["1866","1762"],["1867","2070"],["1868","2481"],["1869","2633"],["1870","2304"],["1871","2336"],["1872","2067"],["1873","2744"],["1874","2499"],["1875","2300"],["1876","2396"],["1877","1889"],["1878","2842"],["1879","1866"],["1880","2672"],["1881","2578"],["1882","2463"],["1883","3608"],["1884","2541"],["1885","3132"],["1886","2435"],["1887","2885"],["1888","2633"],["1889","2821"],["1890","2882"],["1891","2633"],["1892","2985"],["1893","2995"],["1894","2792"],["1895","3263"],["1896","3098"],["1897","3260"],["1898","4592"],["1899","5862"],["1900","5172"],["1901","4771"],["1902","4521"],["1903","5881"],["1904","4201"],["1905","5393"],["1906","5905"],["1907","5809"],["1908","7637"],["1909","5850"],["1910","6101"],["1911","5635"],["1912","6476"],["1913","6962"],["1914","6969"],["1915","5979"],["1916","5251"],["1917","5051"],["1918","5519"],["1919","4838"],["1920","6857"],["1921","5775"],["1922","7771"],["1923","5519"],["1924","4555"],["1925","5574"],["1926","4631"],["1927","5233"],["1928","5793"],["1929","5133"],["1930","5536"],["1931","6078"],["1932","3884"],["1933","3618"],["1934","3738"],["1935","4615"],["1936","6037"],["1937","5966"],["1938","4825"],["1939","6227"],["1940","4860"],["1941","5167"],["1942","7082"],["1943","4410"],["1944","5766"],["1945","5396"],["1946","5255"],["1947","5056"],["1948","5288"],["1949","7783"],["1950","5503"],["1951","7046"],["1952","8708"],["1953","5955"],["1954","7300"],["1955","5849"],["1956","6774"],["1957","7968"],["1958","7267"],["1959","7954"],["1960","8057"],["1961","8985"],["1962","8953"],["1963","11231"],["1964","10189"],["1965","11299"],["1966","12283"],["1967","11413"],["1968","13222"],["1969","13541"],["1970","12664"],["1971","12493"],["1972","13689"],["1973","12304"],["1974","13304"],["1975","13053"],["1976","12749"],["1977","12719"],["1978","12730"],["1979","13753"],["1980","15051"],["1981","13415"],["1982","14074"],["1983","16011"],["1984","16386"],["1985","15686"],["1986","14684"],["1987","17391"],["1988","15211"],["1989","19127"],["1990","20591"],["1991","18316"],["1992","25160"],["1993","21849"],["1994","19417"],["1995","20212"],["1996","20531"],["1997","20980"],["1998","23118"],["1999","22556"],["2000","25727"],["2001","25973"],["2002","24753"],["2003","26624"],["2004","32117"],["2005","30747"],["2006","30915"],["2007","32037"],["2008","42703"]]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Tropics in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Tropics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Tropics in a Sentence
This is a big problem because the majority of plant and animal species occur in the tropics.
Environment Minister Ricardo Lozano:
In the tropics a big consequence of global warming is increasing intensity (of extreme events) and longer dry or rainy periods.
In Russia, the speed of global warming is 2.5 times higher than the global average, at higher latitudes, it happens more quickly than the tropics.
The tropics host incredible shark and ray diversity, but too many of these inherently vulnerable species have been heavily fished for more than a century by a wide range of fisheries that remain poorly managed, despite countless commitments to improve, as a result, we fear we will soon confirm that one or more of these species has been driven to extinction from overfishing, a deeply troubling first for marine fishes. We will work to make this study a turning point in efforts to prevent any more irreversible losses and secure long-term sustainability.
However, it's still the tropics, so if rainy evenings aren't your thing then avoid January to April and October to November.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for Tropics
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for Tropics »
Translation
Find a translation for the Tropics definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Tropics." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 10 Feb. 2025. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/Tropics>.
Discuss these Tropics definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In