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Torrid Zone

noun

the part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

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British Dictionary definitions for torrid zone

Torrid Zone

noun

rare that part of the earth's surface lying between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for torrid zone

Torrid Zone

See tropic.
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