torrid zone en · NOUN
Meanings
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The region, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterised by a hot and humid climate; the tropics.
They conceived the torrid Zone unhabitable, and so made frustrate the goodliest part of the Earth.
1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the torrid zone | canonical | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
pl strefa międzyzwrotnikowa (Translations) · ga trópaicí (Translations) · ro zonă toridă (Translations) · ga teochrios (Translations) · es zona tórrida (Translations) · tl kaalingiingan (Translations) · pl strefa tropikalna (Translations) · hu forró övezet (Translations) · hi ऊष्णकटिबन्ध (Translations)