'Torrid Zone' definitions:
Definition of 'Torrid Zone'
(from WordNet)
noun
The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate [syn: Torrid Zone, tropical zone, tropics]
Definition of 'Torrid zone'
From: GCIDE
- Torrid \Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.]
- 1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Torrid Zone'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Antarctic Zone,
- Arctic Circle,
- Arctic Zone,
- climate,
- clime,
- equator,
- Frigid Zones,
- furnace,
- hell,
- horse latitudes,
- inferno,
- latitude,
- longitude,
- longitude in arc,
- meridian,
- oven,
- parallel,
- prime meridian,
- roaring forties,
- steam bath,
- subtropics,
- the line,
- tropic,
- Tropic of Cancer,
- Tropic of Capricorn,
- tropics,
- Variable Zones,
- zone