Tropic

A tropic can refer to:

In geography, either of two circles of latitude that mark the northernmost and southernmost latitudes at which the sun may be seen directly overhead:

Tropic of Cancer, at 23° 26' 16" NTropic of Capricorn, at 23° 26' 16" S

So that a person or location said to be "in the tropics" is situated south of the Tropic of Cancer and north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

Tropics, referring to the tropical regions of the world.Tropic, Florida, a town in the United StatesTropic, Utah, a town in the United States

In transportation:

SS Tropic (1871)SS Tropic (1904)

In Biology, a hormone that regulates other endocrine glands:

Tropic hormoneNon-tropic hormone

In linguistics and philosophy of history, see

tropeTrope (philosophy)

other examples like:

Isotropicneurotropicmusculotropicchronotropicdromotropicinotropicosteotropic