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tropic: 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

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subtropics collapse: regions adjacent to the tropics

Torrid Zone collapse: the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate

tropics collapse

clime collapse

Frigid Zones collapse

horse latitudes collapse

climate collapse: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"; the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

equator collapse: an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"; a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts

tropical collapse: of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"; characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense; relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit"; of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year"

longitude collapse: the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

latitude collapse: scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction; the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself; an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator; freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

meridian collapse: an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"; a town in eastern Mississippi; of or happening at noon; "meridian hour"

parallel collapse: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"; of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing"; make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"; be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"

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