Tropical vs Polar - What's the difference?
tropical | polar |
Of or north and 23 degrees south.
From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
* South
of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole)
of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles
(chemistry) having a dipole; ionic
(mathematics) of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle
(linguistics, of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes'' and ''no .
As nouns the difference between tropical and polar
is that tropical is a tropical plant while polar is .As an adjective tropical
is of or north and 23 degrees south.tropical
English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Jeremy Taylor)
- The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.