equator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on another reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
The celestial equator.

name

/ɪˈkweɪ.tə/ /ɪˈkweɪ.tɚ/ /iˈkweɪ.tɚ/ En-uk-equator.ogg En-us-equator.ogg

equator equators aequator æquator equatour

From Late Latin (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).

Ecuador equal equi-

celestial equator equatorial Equatorial Guinea equatorial telescope equatorward equatorwards magnetic equator palaeoequator paleoequator

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