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Torrid Zone

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Tor·rid Zone  (tôrd, tr-)
The central latitude zone of the earth, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Torrid Zone
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Rare that part of the earth's surface lying between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
Torrid Zone
See tropic.
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Noun1.Torrid ZoneTorrid Zone - the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate
tropical zone, tropics


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What the ancients imagined of the torrid zone being uninhabitable is so far from being true, that this climate is very temperate: the heats, indeed, are excessive in Congo and Monomotapa, but in Abyssinia they enjoy a perpetual spring, more delicious and charming than that in our country.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
That this power exists in any regions and for any classes is the result of Fog; which prevails during the greater part of the year in all parts save the torrid zones.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
I lie in a shady place like this and think of adventurous spirits going to the North Pole or penetrating to the heart of the Torrid Zone with admiration.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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