different between equatorial vs tropical

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kw??t???i?l/

Adjective

equatorial (comparative more equatorial, superlative most equatorial)

1. of, near, or relating to the equator

   That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.

2. (organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

equatorial (plural equatorials)

1. (astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

equatorial (feminine equatoriala, masculine plural equatorials, feminine plural equatoriales)

1. equatorial

See also

• Guinea Equatorial

Portuguese

Adjective

equatorial m or f (plural equatoriais, comparable)

1. equatorial

Derived terms

• Guiné Equatorial

Related terms

• equador

English

Alternative forms

• trop. (abbreviation)

Etymology

tropic +? -al

Pronunciation

• (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t??p.?.k?l/
  • Rhymes: -?p?k?l
• ("characterized by tropes"):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???.p?.k?l/, IPA^(key): /?t???p?k?l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?t?o?.p?.k?l/
  • Rhymes: -??p?k?l

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
3. (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.
   • 1654, Jeremy Taylor, The Real Presence […]

     the first tropical expression

   • 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.

4. (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.

Translations

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.

Translations

References

Further reading

• tropical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tropical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tropical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• pictoral, proictal

Catalan

Etymology

From tròpic +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?o.pi?kal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t?u.pi?kal/

Adjective

tropical (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

1. tropical

Further reading

• “tropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.pi.kal/

Adjective

tropical (feminine singular tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)

1. tropical (pertaining to the tropics)

Further reading

• “tropical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

1. tropical

Further reading

• “tropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trupi?kal/

Adjective

tropical

1. tropical

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t?opi?kaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /t?upi?ka?/
• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: tro?pi?cal

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais, comparable)

1. tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics)
2. tropical (from or similar to a hod humid climate)

Further reading

• “tropical” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French tropical

Adjective

tropical m or n (feminine singular tropical?, masculine plural tropicali, feminine and neuter plural tropicale)

1. tropical

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From trópico +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?opi?kal/, [t??o.pi?kal]
• Hyphenation: tro?pi?cal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

tropical (plural tropicales)

1. tropical

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tropical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.