Definitions from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links

[ English

[ Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[ Adjective

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, eg, tropical fruit, tropical weather.
3. (rhetoric) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of thee nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.

[ Derived terms

• tropical geometry

[ Translations

Czech: tropický m. Dutch: tropisch French: tropical German: tropisch Spanish: tropical

[ External links

• “tropical” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.