verb
- to adapt something for use in tropical climates, especially by making it resistant to heat, humidity, and other tropical conditions
Usage: technical
Examples
- The military had to tropicalize their equipment before deployment to Southeast Asia.
- Engineers worked to tropicalize the electronic components for the jungle research station.
- The company specializes in tropicalizing vehicles for export to hot, humid regions.
- They needed to tropicalize the building materials to prevent rapid deterioration.
- The manufacturer offers tropicalized versions of their standard products.
- It took months to properly tropicalize the sensitive instruments for field use.