tropic of capricorn
41tropic — [14] The etymological notion underlying the word tropic is of ‘turning’, and the reason for its application to the hot regions of the world is that the two lines of latitude which bound them (the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn) mark …
42Capricorn-Bunker Group — ▪ island group, Australia cluster of 13 islands at the southern extremity of the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, on the Tropic of Capricorn between Capricorn Channel and Keppel Bay. They are true coral… …
43tropic — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tropik, from Latin tropicus of the solstice, from Greek tropikos, from tropē turn Date: 1527 1. either of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude at a distance of about 23 1/2 degrees north or south of the… …
44Tropic — noun one of two specific lines of latitude that divide the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively; the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn …
45tropic — a line of latitude marking the most northerly and most southerly overhead paths of the sun. On June 21st the track is in the north and is marked by the Tropic of Cancer. On December 21st the track is in the south and is marked by the Tropic of… …
46tropic — trop|ic [ˈtrɔpık US ˈtra: ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: tropicus of the point where the sun turns back having gone its furthest north and south , from Greek, from trope; TROPHY] 1.) one of the two imaginary lines around the world, either …
47tropic — trop·ic || trÉ‘pɪk / trÉ’ n. (Geography, Astronomy) either of two latitudinal parallels on the globe and their celestial equivalents that mark the sun s most northerly and southerly points (at approx. 23.5 deg. N and S latitude) adj. concerning …
48tropic — noun 1 (C) one of the two imaginary lines around the world, either the Tropic of Cancer which is 23¼º north of the equator, or the Tropic of Capricorn which is 23¼º south of the equator 2 the tropics the hottest part of the world, which is… …
49Tropic of Cancer — noun The parallel of latitude 23°30′north of the equator, marking the northern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the summer solstice. See Also …
50Capricorn — Cap ri*corn, n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.] 1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See {Tropic}. [1913 Webster] The sun was entered into… …
