tropic

(geography) Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.

(philosophy) The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence.

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). [(geography) Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.]

Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.

Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes.

(biochemistry, not comparable) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.

(meteorology, rare) Hot and humid.