Tropic

Word TROPIC
Character 6
Hyphenation trop ic
Pronunciations N/A

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The suffix "tropic" is from a Greek word meaning "to turn" and makes, no sense in this connection. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

I soon learned the popular exotic fruit known as "the apple of the tropic" is native to this central region of Mexico and the main economic engine for Calvillo, a small town of guava growers about 50 kilometers southwest of the state capital of Aguascalientes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stuff like this should take place in tropic ancient lands like the first and second film. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Wow I realy wanted to see both films and I still will, but now that I know tom crackhead cruize is in tropic thunder Im not so interested in it. dac_fan on Jul 29, 2008 tom cruise is so hated that he's actually inspiring people to boycott a movie and rant angrily about him on a internet review blog thingy … ❋ Unknown (2008)

Also, I remember having traveled, years before, in tropic steamers, mere merchant vessels built for money making, that were far better fitted for the tropics than was the ❋ Unknown (1914)

Caught under full sail in tropic squalls, she buried her rail and deck many times, but stubbornly refused to turn turtle. ❋ Unknown (1913)

QUOTATION: Under the tropic is our language spoke, ❋ Unknown (1919)

O that those lips had, 423. of the nation, don't confound the, 462. quaint and olden, 613. under the tropic is our, spoke, 220. ❋ John Bartlett (1862)

That on the north side of the equinoctial is called the tropic of Cancer, because the sun describes it when in that sign of the ecliptic; and that on the south side is, for a similar reason, called the tropic of ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (1847)

It would be easy to multiply citations upon this subject; from all which it follows, that we have the strongest reasons to believe that the country neighboring to the tropic was the cradle of the sciences, and of consequence that the first learned nation was a nation of Blacks; for it is incontrovertible, that, by the term Ethiopians, the ancients meant to represent a people of black complexion, thick lips, and woolly hair. ❋ Unknown (1788)

Annual elections are performed by the schedule called the tropic; and the tropic consists of two parts: the one containing the magistrates, and the other the councils to be yearly elected. ❋ James Harrington (1644)

If the Senate be to elect, for example, the list called the tropic of magistrates, which is this: ❋ James Harrington (1644)

Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's-era Beatles as well as by a then-fledgling movement in Brazilian music known as tropicália that immediately accepted them with open arms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That on the north fide of the equator is called the tropic of Cancer, and that on the fouth, the tropic of Capricorn. ❋ Unknown (1790)

* There is a tendency to use the suffix "tropic" in place of "trophic" in the case of TSH and certain other hormones. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

The word "tropic" itself comes from the Greek term turn, referring to the fact that the sun "turns back" at these lines that aren't tilted in any way,

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