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Tropic

nounid 144275·updated May 16, 2026

Tropic” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.

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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

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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

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