tropic

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tropic englannista suomeksi

Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the zone or tropics.
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1697, (w), ''The Works of Virgil'', Aeneas, Book I, lines 1062-64:

For since on ev'ry Sea, on ev'ry Coast,

Your Men have been distress'd, your Navy tost,

Sev'n times the Sun has either Tropick view'd,

The Winter banishish'd, and the Spring renew'd.

Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
(qualifier) Hot and humid.
Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.

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Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a (l) or tropes.
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