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

Example Sentences

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

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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The most remarkable masses of modern limestone occur within intertropical regions.

From Geology by Geikie, James

The appearance along the shores of the Pandanus or screw-pine, which now attains its southern limits, introduces a kind of intertropical appearance to the vegetation.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

The Spoonbills and Ibises constitute a homogeneous family of Herodiones, which have a wide distribution over the earth’s surface, although mostly prevalent within intertropical limits.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)