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  Tropic \Trop"ic\, n. [F. tropique, L. tropicus of or belonging
     to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. ? of the solstice, ? (sc.
     ?) the tropic or solstice, fr. ? to turn. See Trope.]
     1. (Astron.) One of the two small circles of the celestial
        sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a
        distance of 23[deg] 28[min], and parallel to it, which the
        sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or
        south, and from which it turns again toward the equator,
        the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer,
        and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names
        of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Geog.)
        (a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude
            corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by
            the same names.
        (b) pl. The region lying between these parallels of
            latitude, or near them on either side.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from
                  the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon.
                                                    --Bancroft.
            [1913 Webster]

  Tropic \Trop"ic\, n. [F. tropique, L. tropicus of or belonging
     to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. ? of the solstice, ? (sc.
     ?) the tropic or solstice, fr. ? to turn. See Trope.]
     1. (Astron.) One of the two small circles of the celestial
        sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a
        distance of 23[deg] 28[min], and parallel to it, which the
        sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or
        south, and from which it turns again toward the equator,
        the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer,
        and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names
        of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
  
     2. (Geog.)
        (a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude
            corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by
            the same names.
        (b) pl. The region lying between these parallels of
            latitude, or near them on either side.
  
                  The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from
                  the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon.
                                                    --Bancroft.

  Tropic of Capricorn
       n : a line of latitude about 23 degrees South of the equator

  Tropic of Capricorn
     n.
     (lb en geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′south of the
  equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is
  directly overhead at the December solstice.

  Tropic of Capricorn
     n.
     (lb en geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′south of the
  equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is
  directly overhead at the December solstice.

  Tropic of Capricorn
     n.
     (lb en geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′south of the
  equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is
  directly overhead at the December solstice.

  Tropic of Capricorn
     n.
     (lb en geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30′south of the
  equator, marking the southern boundary of the tropics; the sun is
  directly overhead at the December solstice.

  Tropic of Capricorn
     Englanti n.
     Kauriin kääntöpiiri

  Tropic of Capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/ 
  Тропик на Козирога
  parallel of latitude 23°30' S

  Tropic of Capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/
  Wendekreis des Steinbocks, südlicher Wendekreis
   see: tropic, Tropic of Cancer
  

  Tropic of Capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/ 
  Kauriin kääntöpiiri
  parallel of latitude 23°30' S

  tropic of capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/ 
  1. मकर~रेखा
        "The climate below and above the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn."
        "is similiar."

  tropic of capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/
  baktérítô

  Tropic of Capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/ 
  garis balik selatan
  parallel of latitude 23°30' S

  Tropic of Capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/ 
  南回帰線
  parallel of latitude 23°30' S

  Tropic of Capricorn /tɹˈɒpɪk ɒv kˈapɹɪkˌɔːn/ 
  Stenbockens vändkrets
  parallel of latitude 23°30' S