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tropic

/ˈtɹɒpɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
trop-ic
IPA
/ˈtɹɒpɪk/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence.

adj

Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.

adj

Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.

adj

Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.

adj

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

noun

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).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Late Latin tropicus (“of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”), from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *trep-, tropicus, τροπικός

Inflected Forms

tropics (plural) trop. (alternative, abbreviation) tropick (alternative, obsolete) more tropic (comparative) most tropic (superlative)

Derived Forms

Afrotropic tropicbird boreotropic extratropic heterotropic intertropic intertropical laeotropic neotropic nosotropic semitropical subtropic

Phrases

Northern Tropic Southern Tropic Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn dual-tropic tropic acid tropic hormone -tropic

Frequently Paired Words

neustic phrastic trope -tropic tropism tropo-

Synonyms

tropical

Rhymes With

topic microscopic philanthropic isotopic endoscopic myopic gyroscopic opic geotropic laryngoscopic telescopic spectroscopic

Questions

How do you pronounce tropic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɒpɪk/.
What does tropic mean?
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.
Where does tropic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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