Tropic lightning Synonyms

Definitions for Tropic


  • (noun) 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
  • (adjective) relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
  • (adjective) of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

Definitions for Lightning


  • (adjective) moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
  • (noun) the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
  • (noun) abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light