Tropic of Cancer

Scientific  

1. The parallel of latitude approximately 23°27′ north. It forms the boundary between the Torrid and North Temperate zones.

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Tropic of Cancer Cultural  

1. Imaginary line that circles the Earth about one-quarter of the way from the equator to the North Pole. The sun is directly overhead at the June solstice.

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Example Sentences

The Sun will be directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer.

From BBC

The researchers examined the depth, topography, and soil conditions for more than 69,000 watersheds across the Northern Hemisphere -- from just above the Tropic of Cancer to the North Pole -- using satellite and climate data.

From Science Daily

During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, the Tropic of Cancer’s southern mirror image.

From National Geographic

Geochemical evidence from ancient rocks suggests that zones of open ocean may have been present north of the Tropic of Cancer, a region that was previously considered too cold to host life during this period.

From Science Magazine

In a 1991 episode of “Seinfeld,” he was Lieutenant Bookman, a detective working for the New York Public Library pursuing two decades in overdue fines for a copy of Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer.”

From New York Times