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Definitions for Equatorial
ˌi kwəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɛk wə-equa·to·ri·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. equatorialadjective

    a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it

  2. equatorialadjective

    of or relating to or at an equator

    "equatorial diameter"

  3. equatorialadjective

    of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator

    "equatorial heat"

  4. equatorialadjective

    of or existing at or near the geographic equator

    "equatorial Africa"

Wiktionary

  1. equatorialadjective

    of, near, or relating to the equator

    That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Equatorialadjective

    Pertaining to the equator; taken at the equator.

    Etymology: from equator.

    The planets have spheroidical figures, and obliquities of their equatorial to their ecliptick planes. George Cheyne.

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  1. equatorial

    Equatorial generally refers to something related to, located near, or characteristic of the earth's equator. It is derived from the word "equator", an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth that is an equal distance from the North Pole and South Pole. Therefore, equatorial conditions, climates, regions, etc., usually suggest tropical or hot characteristics due to the proximity to the equator.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Equatorialadjective

    of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument

  2. Equatorialnoun

    an instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted 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, the 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. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an equatorial telescope

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. quatorial.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Equatorial in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Equatorial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Equatorial in a Sentence

  1. Dante Lauretta:

    Everything was self-consistent and suggested a lot of centimeter-scale particles, probably concentrated in the equator, and I was really envisioning kind of a beach that went all the way around the asteroid in equatorial regions.

  2. Pascal Lee:

    The desire to land humans at a location where they might be able to extract water ice from the ground has been pushing mission planners to consider higher latitude sites, but the latter environments are typically colder and more challenging for humans and robots. If there were equatorial locations where ice might be found at shallow depth, then we’d have the best of both environments: warmer conditions for human exploration and still access to ice.

  3. Jill Huntley:

    Climate change impacts are worse in the equatorial tropics -- Australasia -- because of the unique climate here. It is the most atmospherically dynamic place on Earth. Also, the tropics can experience up to three times the temperature increases under climate change compared to other parts of the world.

  4. Jennifer Powers:

    Going from a less equatorial altitude to a much more equatorial altitude quickly over a couple days doesn’t allow your body to habituate to the stress and that’s the kind of quick, abrupt shift we associate more with melanoma than with other skin cancer.

  5. Cheng Li:

    We found the water in the equator to be greater than what the Galileo probe measured, because the equatorial region is very unique at Jupiter, we need to compare these results with how much water is in other regions.

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