English Dictionary

tropic

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɹɒpɪk/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

北回帰線または南回帰線：赤道からそれぞれ23°27′離れた緯線で、太陽が真上に来ることができる最も外側の地点に位置し、熱帯（トロピックス）の境界を成す線

A tropic is one of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator that mark the furthest latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead.

回帰線は、赤道から北緯および南緯23度27分の二つの緯度線のうちの一つで、太陽が真上に来ることのできる最も遠い緯度を示します。

意味（1）

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.

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; […]

tropics （ plural ）