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tropic

noun
/ˈtɹɒpɪk/

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”).

  1. derived from τροπικός — “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”
  2. derived from tropicus — “of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”

Definitions

  1. Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator

    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.

    • For since on ev'ry Sea, on ev'ry Coast, Your Men have been distress'd, your Navy tost, Sev'n times the Sun has either Tropick view'd,

  2. The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence.

  3. Of, or relating to the tropics

    Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

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

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

      • The binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is allosterically regulated by various tropic factors, such as BPG and acidity.

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

      • This process of tropic change, once identified in nostalgia poems, can be applied to a range of new and emerging genres in various periods. Identifying the tropes of nostalgia, in other words, allows us to appreciate the process[…]
      • Tropes may also interact with other tropes: a trope (for example, a metonymic association) may become an element in a different trope (for instance, a metaphor), and thus undergo a transformation of its tropic identity.
      • As these examples indicate, the functioning of ritual symbols as “pivots” for the projection of efficacy between frames involves the use of symbols as tropes. The tropic uses of symbols in ritual specify the aspects of their range of[…]

    3. Alternative form of tropic (one of two specific lines of latitude that divide the…

      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).

The neighborhood

Derived

Northern Tropic, Southern Tropic, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, dual-tropic, intertropical, semitropical, subtropical, subtropics, tropic acid, tropical, tropic hormone

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tropic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tropic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at tropic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA