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" N
• Tropic 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 States, though Florida itself is deemed to be the only tropical state in the US, it is technically in the subtropic region.
• Tropic, 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 hormone
• Non-tropic hormone

In linguistics and philosophy of history, see

• trope
• Trope (philosophy)

other examples like:

• Isotropic
• neurotropic
• musculotropic
• chronotropic
• dromotropic
• inotropic
• osteotropic