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I. noun Etymology: Middle English tropik, from Latin ~us of the solstice, from Greek tropikos, from trope turn Date: 1527 1. either of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude at a distance of about 23 1/2 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun is directly overhead when it reaches its most northerly or southerly point in the sky — compare Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn 2. plural, often capitalized the region lying between the ~s II. adjective Date: 1551 of, relating to, or occurring in the ~s III. adjective Etymology: trop- Date: 1903 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of tropism or of a tropism 2. of a hormone influencing the activity of a specified gland TROPIC adjective combining form Etymology: French -tropique, from Greek -tropos -tropous 1. turning, changing, or tending to turn or change in a (specified) manner or in response to a (specified) stimulus geotropic 2. attracted to or acting upon (something specified) neurotropic ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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comb. form 1 = -TROPHIC. 2 turning towards (heliotropic). TROPIC n. & adj. --n. 1 the parallel of latitude 23°27 Usage north (tropic of Cancer) or south (tropic of Capricorn) of the Equator. 2 each of two corresponding circles on the celestial sphere where the sun appears to turn after reaching its greatest declination. 3 (the Tropics) the region between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. --adj. 1 = TROPICAL 1. 2 of tropism. Phrases and idioms tropic bird any sea bird of the family Phaethontidae, with very long central tail-feathers. Etymology: ME f. L tropicus f. Gk tropikos f. trope turning f. trepo turn ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. астр. геогр. тропик the tropic of Cancer —- тропик Рака, северный тропик the tropic of Capricorn —- тропик Козерога, южный тропик 2. (the tropics) геогр. тропики, тропическая зона 3. тропический tropic vegetation —- тропическая растительность tropic diseases —- болезни жарких стран, тропические болезни tropic rig —- тропическое обмундирование 4. находящийся, расположенный или зарождающийся в тропиках tropic latitudes —- тропические (низкие) широты tropic cyclone —- тропический циклон; тайфун tropic countries —- тропические страны ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1391, "either of the two circles in the celestial sphere which describe the northernmost and southernmost points of the ecliptic," from L.L. tropicus "of or pertaining to the solstice" (as a noun, "one of the tropics"), from L. tropicus "pertaining to a turn," from Gk. tropikos "of or pertaining to a turn or change, or to the solstice" (as a noun, "the solstice"), from trope "a turning" (see trope). The notion is of the point at which the sun "turns back" after reaching its northernmost or southernmost point in the sky. Extended 1527 to the corresponding latitudes on the earth's surface (23 degrees 28 minutes north and south); meaning "region between these parallels" is from 1837. Tropical "hot and lush like the climate of the tropics" is first attested 1834. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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