tropics

  1. Noun.  (plural of, Tropic) .
  2. Noun.  (plural of, tropic) .
  3. Noun.  (geography) The region of the Earth, centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

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