tropic /tropˈik/

1. An imaginary circle on the celestial sphere about 231/2º N (tropic of Cancer) or S (tropic of Capricorn) of the equator, where the sun turns on reaching its greatest declination north or south
2. A corresponding circle on the terrestrial globe
3. (in pl) the part of the earth between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
4. A turning point or limit

1. Of or relating to the sun's turning
2. Of the tropics
3. Of or of the nature of a tropism (biology)

tropˈical adjective

1. Of or relating to a tropic or the tropics
2. Found in or characteristic of the tropics
3. Fervidly hot
4. Luxuriant
5. Of the nature of a trope, figurative

tropˈically adverb

tropical month see under month

tropical year see under year

tropˈicbird noun

A tropical seabird Phaethon with long tail feathers

-trope /-trōp/

Denoting a tendency towards or affinity for, as in heliotrope

-tropic adj combining form

-tropism n combining form

• tighten one's belt
• tightens
• tighten the screw
• tighten the screws
• tighter
• tightest
• tight-fisted
• tight-head prop
• tight-head props
• tightish
• tightishly
• tight junction
• tight junctions
• tight-knit
• tight-lace
• tight-laced
• tight-lacer
• tight-lacers
• tight-laces
• tight-lacing
• tight-lipped
• tightly
• tightly-knit
• tightness
• tightnesses