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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tropic  \Trop"ic\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  tropics;  tropical. 
 
  {Tropic  bird}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  three  species  of  oceanic 
  belonging  to  the  genus  {Pha["e]thon},  found  chiefly  in 
  tropical  seas.  They  are  mostly  white,  and  have  two  central 
  tail  feathers  very  long  and  slender.  The  yellow-billed 
  tropic  bird.  {Pha["e]thon  flavirostris}  (called  also 
  {boatswain}),  is  found  on  the  Atlantic  coast  of  America, 
  and  is  common  at  the  Bermudas,  where  it  breeds. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tropic  \Trop"ic\,  a.  [Atropine  +  -ic.]  (Chem.) 
  Of  pertaining  to  or  designating,  an  acid  obtained  from 
  atropine  and  certain  other  alkaloids,  as  a  white  crystalline 
  substance  slightly  soluble  in  water. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tropic  \Trop"ic\,  n.  [F.  tropique  L.  tropicus  of  or  belonging 
  to  a  turn,  i.  e.,  of  the  sun,  Gr  ?  of  the  solstice,  ?  (sc. 
  ?)  the  tropic  or  solstice,  fr  ?  to  turn.  See  {Trope}.] 
  1.  (Astron.)  One  of  the  two  small  circles  of  the  celestial 
  sphere,  situated  on  each  side  of  the  equator,  at  a 
  distance  of  23[deg]  28[min],  and  parallel  to  it  which  the 
  sun  just  reaches  at  its  greatest  declination  north  or 
  south,  and  from  which  it  turns  again  toward  the  equator, 
  the  northern  circle  being  called  the  {Tropic  of  Cancer}, 
  and  the  southern  the  {Tropic  of  Capricorn},  from  the  names 
  of  the  two  signs  at  which  they  touch  the  ecliptic. 
 
  2.  (Geog.) 
  a  One  of  the  two  parallels  of  terrestrial  latitude 
  corresponding  to  the  celestial  tropics,  and  called  by 
  the  same  names 
  b  pl  The  region  lying  between  these  parallels  of 
  latitude,  or  near  them  on  either  side 
 
  The  brilliant  flowers  of  the  tropics  bloom  from 
  the  windows  of  the  greenhouse  and  the  saloon. 
  --Bancroft. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tropic 
  adj  1:  relating  to  or  situated  in  or  characteristic  of  the  tropics 
  (the  region  on  either  side  of  the  equator);  "tropical 
  islands";  "tropical  fruit"  [syn:  {tropical}] 
  2:  of  weather  or  climate;  hot  and  humid  as  in  the  tropics; 
  "tropical  weather"  [syn:  {tropical}] 
  n  :  either  of  two  parallels  of  latitude  about  23.5  degrees  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 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Tropic,  UT  (town,  FIPS  77560) 
  Location:  37.62464  N,  112.08770  W 
  Population  (1990):  374  (147  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water)




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