extratropical

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adjective

Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.

OriginEnglish tropical ← Latin extrā ← Proto-Italic *eksteros →
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Meanings

adjectiveextratropical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
  2. not comparableclimatologyLacking or having lost tropical characteristics.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ultratropical

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  3. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  4. Latinexter
  5. Latinextrā
  6. Englishextra-
  7. Englishtropical
  8. Englishextratropical

From extra- + tropical.

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Translations

Danish som sker uden for troperne
  • som sker uden for troperneoccurring outside the tropics
Norwegian Bokmål ekstratropisk
  • ekstratropiskoccurring outside the tropics

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with extratropical

tropicaltopicalsubtropicalneotropicalmicroscopicalAfrotropicalallotropicaldystopicalmacroscopicalmisanthropicalpantropicalsemitropicalutopical
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Cite this entry
APA

extratropical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extratropical

MLA

“extratropical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extratropical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extratropical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extratropical.

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