intertropical

American  

[in-ter-trop-i-kuhl] / ˌɪn tərˈtrɒp ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. situated or occurring between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn; tropical.

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Etymology

Origin of intertropical

First recorded in 1785–95; inter- + tropical

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intertropical

The researchers also found that an atmospheric band near the equator called the "intertropical convergence zone," which produces 30 percent of global precipitation, causes an intense amount of energy transfer, and produces ocean turbulence.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

Transplanted at an unknown epoch into the Indian Archipelago and Africa, they have spread also into the, New World, and in general into all intertropical countries, sometimes before the arrival of Europeans.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

In the intertropical regions the sheep plays no part of importance.

From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions, the sensation of delight which the mind experiences.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

So far a happy divination; but he seems to have believed quite to the last that, not only the temperate zones, but whole intertropical continents—at least the American—had been sheeted with ice.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne