TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tropic of Capricorn mean? 

• TROPIC OF CAPRICORN (noun)
  The noun TROPIC OF CAPRICORN has 1 sense:

1. a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator

  Familiarity information: TROPIC OF CAPRICORN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROPIC OF CAPRICORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

tropic (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics)