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TROPIC OF CANCER
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• TROPIC OF CANCER (noun)
The noun TROPIC OF CANCER has 1 sense:
1. a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator
Familiarity information: TROPIC OF CANCER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
tropic (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics)
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