tropical

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.5 External links 2 Galician 2.1 Adjective 3 Spanish 3.1 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From tropic +‎ -al

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tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

1. Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
2. From or similar to a hot humid climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
3. (rhetoric) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.

[edit] Derived terms

• tropical geometry

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tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

[edit] External links

• tropical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tropical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• tropical at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Adjective

tropical m. and f. (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

tropical m. and f. (plural tropicales)

1. tropical