tropic of capricorn
21Capricorn District Municipality — Capricorn is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The seat of Capricorn is Polokwane. The majority of its 1 154 673 people speak Northern Sotho… …
22Tropic — 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… …
23Tropic of Cancer — 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,… …
24Tropic of Cancer — or Tropic of Capricorn see TROPIC (n. 1 & 2) * * * Parallel of latitude approximately 23°27′ north of the terrestrial Equator. It is the northern boundary of the tropics and marks the northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be seen directly… …
25Tropic of Cancer — or Tropic of Capricorn see TROPIC (n. 1 & 2) …
26Tropic of Cancer — For the novel by Henry Miller, see Tropic of Cancer (novel). For the BBC TV series, see Tropic of Cancer (BBC TV series). Coordinates: 23°26′16″N 0°0′0″W / …
27Tropic of Cancer (novel) — infobox Book | name = Tropic of Cancer title orig = translator = image caption = author = Henry Miller illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Obelisk Press release date = 1934… …
28tropic — I UK [ˈtrɒpɪk] / US [ˈtrɑpɪk] noun Word forms tropic : singular tropic plural tropics 1) [countable] one of the two imaginary lines around the Earth on either side of the equator. The Tropic of Cancer is 23° 26 north of it and the Tropic of… …
29tropic — /trop ik/, n. 1. Geog. a. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 231/2° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 231/2° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid… …
30tropic — tro|pic1 [ trapık ] noun 1. ) count one of the two imaginary lines around the Earth on either side of the EQUATOR. The Tropic of Cancer is 23° 26 north of it and the Tropic of Capricorn is 23° 26 south of it. 2. ) the tropics plural the hottest… …
