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Definition: Torrid zone
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.
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2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
parching.
“Torrid heat.” --Milton.
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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.
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