tropic
Noun
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Noun
tropic (plural tropics)
- either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics
- French: tropique
- German: Wendekreis
- Italian: tropico
- Portuguese: trópico
- Russian: тро́пик
- Spanish: trópico
tropic
- Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
- (weather) hot and humid.
- (biochemistry) (noncomparative) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.
- The binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is allosterically regulated by various tropic factors, such as BPG and acidity.
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