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Torrid Zone   /tˈɔrəd zoʊn/   Listen
Torrid Zone

noun
1.
The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate.  Synonyms: tropical zone, tropics.






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"Torrid zone" Quotes from Famous Books



... about currents, winds, calms, etc. in this passage is chiefly for the farther illustration of what I have heretofore observed in general about these matters, and especially as to crossing the Line, in my Discourse of the Winds, etc. in the Torrid Zone: which observations I have had very much confirmed to me in the course of this voyage; and I shall particularise in several of the chief of them as they come in my way. And indeed I think I may say this of the main ...
— A Voyage to New Holland • William Dampier

... well known that Yankees are born business men; everywhere that destiny takes them, from the glacial to the torrid zone, their instinct for business is usefully exercised. That is why simple visitors to Florida for the sole purpose of following the operations of the Gun Club allowed themselves to be involved in commercial ...
— The Moon-Voyage • Jules Verne



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