"Tropic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Tropics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Tropic (plural Tropics)
  1. Alternative form of tropic (one of two specific lines of latitude that divide the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively; the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tropic (extra: one of two specific lines of latitude that divide the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively; the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn)
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