trop.

/tɹɒp/

trop. is the abbreviation of tropic.

trop. is the abbreviation of tropical.

Meaning of tropic

tropic (plural tropics)

Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.
- O conſider my caſe, moſt blisfull Queen, […] Diſpell thoſe Clouds which hover 'twixt my King and his higheſt Counſell, […] that my great Law-making Court be forced to turn no more to polemicall Committees, […] but that they may come again to the old Parliamentary Rode, To the path of their...1645, James Howell, “England’s Tears, for the Present Wars, which for the Nature of the Quarrel, the Quality of the Strength, the Diversity of Battels, Skirmishes, Encounters, and Sieges, (Happened...
The component of tone or rhetoric in a sentence.

tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.
- We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer.
(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
- But we, by the real spiritual presence of Christ, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides the tropical and figurative presence.1653 (indicated as 1654), “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section I. State of the Question.”, in Reginald...
Pertaining to tropical geometry.

plural	trops.

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