equator
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See also: Equator
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈkweɪ.tə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈkweɪ.tɚ/, /iˈkweɪ.tɚ/
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]equator (plural equators)
- (geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns[1]:
- Baishui is about as close to the equator as Tampa, Florida.
- (astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
- The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
- Slice the onion through the equator.
- The celestial equator.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]circle around the earth
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circle around any sphere
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celestial equator — see celestial equator
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin aequator.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]equator m (plural equators)
- (formal) equator (great circle, equidistant from the poles, on Earth or another sphere)
- Synonym: evenaar
Derived terms
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