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Tropics vs Ultratropical - What's the difference?

tropics | ultratropical |

As a noun tropics

is .

As an adjective ultratropical is

situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics.

tropics

English

(wikipedia tropics)

Noun

(head)
  • (geography) The region of the Earth, centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

    • Synonyms

    * tropical zone * torrid zone

    Related terms

    * tropical

    ultratropical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics.
  • Having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.

    • Synonyms

    * (outside the tropics) extratropical (Webster 1913)