Earth's equator is parallel to the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.
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Tropic
/ˈtɹɒpɪk/
Synonyms for "tropic" (20 found)
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12 entriesgeotropicgravitropicphototropicsubtropicsthermotropictropic of Cancertropic of Capricorntropical climatetropical rainforesttropical regiontropical savannatropical zone
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11 entriesTropic of CancerTropic of Capricorntropic belttropic boundarytropic climatetropic regiontropic zonetropical belttropical climatetropical regiontropical zone
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The Tropic of Capricorn is in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Switzerland has alpine regions loftier and more imposing, Russia vaster steppes, and Norway more arctic scenery: but nowhere else in Europe do arctic and tropic so nearly meet as in Spain.
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O conſider my caſe, moſt blisfull Queen, […] Diſpell thoſe Clouds which hover 'twixt my King and his higheſt Counſell, […] that my great Law-making Court be forced to turn no more to polemicall Committees, […] but that they may come again to the old Parliamentary Rode, To the path of their Predeceſſours, to conſult of means how to ſweep away thoſe Cobwebs that hang in the Courts of Juſtice, and to make the Laws run in their right Channell; to retrench exceſſive fees, and finde remedies for the future, that the poor Client be not ſo peeled by his Lawyer, and made to ſuffer by ſuch monſtrous delays, that one may go from one Tropick to the other, and croſſe the Equinoctiall twenty times, before his ſute be done; […]
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