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Meanings of tropics in English

Portuguese
trópicos
Catalan
tropical
Spanish
zona intertropical

The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate.

trópicos
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Examples for "Torrid Zone"
Examples for "Torrid Zone"
1
Some plants grow best in the Temperate Zones, while others live best in the Torrid Zone.
Where We Live / A Home Geography
2
Some day the possibilities of the Torrid Zone may come to us as a great discovery.
The Call of the Twentieth Century, an Address to Young Men
3
A local night club named the Torrid Zone burned down before it had a chance to open.
The new yorker
4
The naked natives of the Torrid Zone are amphibious; they do not bathe, they live in the water.
The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
5
Situation.-PortoRico is situated in the Torrid Zone, in the easternmost part of the Antilles, between latitude 17 deg.
The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
1
The Chairman: The southern part of Texas is actually in the tropical zone.
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t...
2
She realized that she no longer was in a tropical zone.
The new yorker
3
Dunk Island is well within the tropical zone, its true bearings being 146 deg.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
4
The tropical zone reaches from the 15th deg.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
5
The rivers in the tropical zone abound with hippopotami and crocodiles, the former entirely confined to Africa.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
Usage of tropics in English
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Even in the tropics the nights may be cold in the mountains.
The Brown Study
2
The effect is slight in the tropics, but great in high latitudes.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
3
Photograph: Global Witness Time to stop all industrial logging in the tropics?
The Irish Times
4
Moreover, in the tropics the bulk of the rain falls after sundown.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
5
The ravages his health had suffered while in the tropics became visible.
The Goose Man
6
The trees in the tropics here have a very well-marked annual rest.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
7
These rain squalls came up in the manner usual between the tropics.
Two Years Before the Mast
8
Remains of fir and spruce trees have been found in the tropics.
Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
9
The strange substance from the jungles of the tropics had been mastered.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
10
This American tree vegetates within the tropics, or in the neighbouring regions.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
11
This is nearly all the furniture which is required, in the tropics.
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
12
At one historical period civilizations were established in the tropics and semi-tropics.
Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
13
Where he is, are the tropics; where he is not, the ice-world.
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
14
You find trees like these in no other place besides the tropics.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
15
This current affects the course of the air, even without the tropics.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
16
A few hours in the tropics, plus information about the Lord Master?
Faefever
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Catalan
tropical
Tropics through the time
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