tropic
tropics
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pluralof tropic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Somehow, a Gaboon viper — whose home is the tropics of central and western Africa — was on the loose Monday in a Southern California neighborhood, police say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast network of ocean currents that carries warm water northward from the tropics.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Most primates today live in the tropics, and most primate fossils have been unearthed there too.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
No two El Niños are alike, but the disruption is felt most sharply in the tropics.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Furthermore, once malaria and yellow fever did become transmitted to the Americas by European ship traffic, they emerged as the major impediment to colonization of the New World tropics as well.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
