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trop·i·cal
(trŏp′ĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the tropics.
2. Hot and humid; torrid.
n.
A tropical plant.
trop′i·cal·ly adv.
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tropical
(ˈtrɒpɪkəl)adj
1. (Physical Geography) situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the tropics
2. (of weather) very hot, esp when humid
3. (Rhetoric) rhetoric of or relating to a trope
ˌtropiˈcality n
ˈtropically adv
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trop•i•cal
(ˈtrɒp ɪ kəl for 1-4,6; ˈtroʊ pɪ kəl for 5 )adj.
1. pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics.
2. very hot and humid.
3. used in or suitable for the tropics.
4. of the nature of a trope; metaphorical.
[1520–30]
trop′i•cal•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | tropical - relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit" equatorial - of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa" |
2. | tropical - of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year" | |
3. | tropical - characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense rhetoric - study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) figurative, nonliteral - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language" | |
4. | tropical - of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather" hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" |
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tropical
adjective hot, stifling, lush, steamy, humid, torrid, sultry, sweltering He was unused to the tropical climate.
cold, cool, freezing, frozen, arctic, chilly, frosty, parky (Brit. informal)
cold, cool, freezing, frozen, arctic, chilly, frosty, parky (Brit. informal)
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tropical
adjectiveOf or relating to the Tropics:
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Translations
إسْتِوائياِسْتِوَائِيّيَنمو في المَناطِق الإسْتِوائِيَّه
tropický
tropisk
trooppinen
tropski
trópusi
hitabeltis-
熱帯の
열대성의
tropický
tropski
tropisk
เกี่ยวกับเขตร้อน
nhiệt đới
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tropical
[ˈtrɒpɪkəl] adj [forest, fish, birds, plants, island, diseases] → tropical(e)the weather was tropical → il faisait une chaleur tropicale
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tropical
adj → tropisch, Tropen-; tropical diseases → Tropenkrankheiten pl; the heat was tropical → es herrschte tropische Hitze
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tropic
(ˈtropik) noun either of two imaginary circles running round the earth at about 23 degrees north (Tropic of Cancer) or south (Tropic of Capricorn) of the equator.
ˈtropics noun plural the hot regions between or (loosely) near these lines. The ship is heading for the tropics.
ˈtropical adjective1. of the tropics. The climate there is tropical.
2. growing etc in hot countries. tropical plants.
ˈtropically adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
tropical
→ اِسْتِوَائِيّ tropický tropisk tropisch τροπικός tropical trooppinen tropical tropski tropicale 熱帯の 열대성의 tropisch tropisk tropikalny tropical тропический tropisk เกี่ยวกับเขตร้อน tropik nhiệt đới 热带的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
tropical
a. tropical;
___ diseases → enfermedades ___ -es;
___ medicine → medicina ___.
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tropical
adj tropicalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.