tropic

«tropic» in Mova's school dictionary: the hot, wet regions of the Earth near the equator… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tropic, the tropics); adjective (tropical)

meaning for a pupil

1) The tropics are the hot, wet regions of the Earth near the equator, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. tree →

2) A tropic is either of two imaginary lines around the Earth: the Tropic of Cancer (north of the equator) and the Tropic of Capricorn (south of the equator). tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons pupils find the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn on a globe, about 23.5 degrees north and south of the equator. The Tropic of Capricorn passes through Australia near Rockhampton and Alice Springs. In the tropics it is warm all year, with rainforests, coral reefs and wet and dry seasons. Phrases: «the tropics», «Tropic of Cancer», «Tropic of Capricorn», «tropical rainforest», «tropical fish».

examples

• The Tropic of Capricorn passes through Australia. tree →
• It is hot all year in the tropics. tree →
• Rainforests grow in the tropics. tree →
• Mark the Tropic of Cancer on your map. tree →
• The equator lies between the two tropics. tree →
• Many colourful fish live in the tropics. tree →
• Bananas grow well in the tropics. tree →

note

Usually «the tropics» (plural) for the region; capital T for the named lines. Adjective: tropical. The lines are imaginary — you can't see them on the ground. The tropics are hot because sunlight hits them most directly.

In the corpora

• The tropics near the equator are hot all year because the Sun's rays fall on them most directly.
• The temperate zones lie between the tropics and the poles and have four seasons.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tropic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.