Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Between or within the tropics.
  • adjective Of or relating to the tropics.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated between the tropics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Situated between or within the tropics.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Between, or within the tropics.

Etymologies

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inter- +‎ tropical

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Examples

  • This area of greater heat acts as zone of thermal lows known as the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).

    Global-scale circulation of the atmosphere 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator - an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    My Sinchew - 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator - an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator _ an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    unknown title 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator - an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    unknown title 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator _ an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    unknown title 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator - an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator - an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator _ an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    unknown title 2009

  • Towering Atlantic storms are common this time of year near the equator - an area known as the intertropical convergence zone.

    Times Leader News 2009

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