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extratropical en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English tropical English extratropical From extra- + tropical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
  2. (not-comparable) Lacking or having lost tropical characteristics.

Deriveds

extratropical cyclone

Translations (3)

nb ekstratropisk (occurring outside the tropics) · nn ekstratropisk (occurring outside the tropics) · da som sker uden for troperne (occurring outside the tropics)