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equatorial

  • /ˌɛkwəˈtɔːɹiəl/

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adjective more equatorial · most equatorial

  1. Of, near, or relating to the equator. That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.
  2. Relating to the midline of any approximately spherical object.
  3. of a bond, lying approximately in the plane of a ring, perpendicular to its axis

noun equatorials

  1. A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tropic, tropical, pantropical, pantropic, equator, rain, the, chek, median, guinean, eritrea, ecuador, guinea, mangrove, edf, guinee

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adj of, near, or relating to the equator

Españolecuatorial
한국어매우 무더운 mae'u mudeoun
日本語赤道 sekidō
中文赤道的 chìdào de
हिन्दीभूमध्यीय bhūmadhyīya
Portuguêsequatorial
Françaiséquatorial, équatoriale
Deutschäquatorial
Italianoequatoriale
Ελληνικάισημερινός isimerinós
Românăecuatorial
Русскийэкваториа́льный ekvatoriálʹnyj
العربيةاِسْتِوَائِيّ istiwāʔiyy
עבריתהַמִּשְׁוָנִי hamishvani

noun kind of telescope

Españolecuatorial
DeutschÄquatorial
Italianoequatoriale

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@misc{equatorial_2026,
  title = {equatorial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/equatorial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}