About The Word Equator
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What's The Definition Of Equator?
[n] an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"
[n] a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts Synonyms | Synonyms for Equator: Related Terms | Find terms related to Equator: anklet | Antarctic Zone | aphelion | apogee | Arctic Circle | Arctic Zone | armlet | astronomical longitude | autumnal equinox | band | belt | bisector | boundary | bracelet | celestial equator | celestial longitude | celestial meridian | center | cincture | cingulum | circle | climate | clime | collar | collarband | colures | core | diameter | diaphragm | divider | earring | ecliptic | equinoctial | equinoctial circle | equinoctial colure | equinox | fascia | fillet | finger ring | Frigid Zones | furnace | galactic longitude | geocentric longitude | geodetic longitude | girdle | girt | girth | great circle | halfway mark | heart | heliocentric longitude | hell | hoop | horse latitudes | inferno | interior | kernel | latitude | line of demarcation | longitude | longitude in arc | mean | median | meridian | middle | midmost | midriff | midst | neckband | necklace | nose ring | nucleus | orbit | oven | parallel | partition | perigee | perihelion | period | prime meridian | quoit | ring | roaring forties | small circle | solstitial colure | steam bath | subtropics | the line | thick | thick of things | Torrid Zone | trajectory | tropic | Tropic of Cancer | Tropic of Capricorn | tropics | Variable Zones | vernal equinox | waist | waistline | wristband | wristlet | zodiac | zone See Also | circle | great circle Equator In Webster's Dictionary \E*qua"tor\, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F.
['e]quateur equator. See {Equate}.]
1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface,
everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and
dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere,
coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so
called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights
are of equal length; hence called also the {equinoctial},
and on maps, globes, etc., the {equinoctial line}.
{Equator} {of the sun or of a planet} (Astron.), the great
circle whose plane passes through through the center of
the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.
{Magnetic equator}. See {Aclinic}.
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