tropic

1. 1.

   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

   Broaderlatitude

   NarrowerTropic of CancerTropic of Capricorn

Other forms of tropic

plural

tropics·

comparative

tropicer·

superlative

tropicest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tropic

What does tropic mean?

tropic means "relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tropic?

tropic has 2 syllables: tro-pic. The stress falls on "tro". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɑpɪk/.

What is another word for tropic?

Close synonyms include tropical, tropical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tropic a common word?

tropic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.