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equatorial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɛkwəˈtɔːɹiəl/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. Of, near, or relating to the equator.
    • In equatorial Ecuador, days and nights are almost the same length, and the sun goes down early. 1990 August, Boyd Gibbons, “Missouri's Garden of Consequence”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 130:
    • 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

Forms

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most equatorial Degree=Sup lexicographic
more equatorial Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

trans-equatorial · preequatorial · subequatorial · equatorially · French Equatorial Africa · amphiequatorial · Equatorial Guinea · diequatorial · nonequatorial · antiequatorial · equatorial plane · paleoequatorial · postequatorial · circumequatorial · pseudoequatorial · retroequatorial · transequatorial

Translations (35)

pl równikowy (of, near, or relating to the equator) · hi भूमध्यीय (of, near, or relating to the equator) · pt equatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · it equatoriale (of, near, or relating to the equator) · ca equatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · sk rovníkový (of, near, or relating to the equator) · sh екваторски (of, near, or relating to the equator) · de äquatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · ko 매우 무더운 (of, near, or relating to the equator) · sl ekvatorialni (of, near, or relating to the equator) · eo ekvatora (of, near, or relating to the equator) · he הַמִּשְׁוָנִי (of, near, or relating to the equator) · el ισημερινός (of, near, or relating to the equator) · nl equatoriaal (of, near, or relating to the equator) · nb ekvatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · fi ekvatoriaalinen (of, near, or relating to the equator) · af ekwatoriaal (of, near, or relating to the equator) · sh ekvatorski (of, near, or relating to the equator) · cmn 赤道的 (of, near, or relating to the equator) · ja 赤道 (of, near, or relating to the equator) · es ecuatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · cy cyhydeddol (of, near, or relating to the equator) · fi päiväntasaajan (of, near, or relating to the equator) · ro ecuatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · nn ekvatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · ru экваториа́льный (of, near, or relating to the equator) · cs rovníkový (of, near, or relating to the equator) · sv ekvatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · ar اِسْتِوَائِيّ (of, near, or relating to the equator) · af ewenaars (of, near, or relating to the equator) · bg екваториален (of, near, or relating to the equator) · fr équatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator) · hu egyenlítői (of, near, or relating to the equator) · fr équatoriale (of, near, or relating to the equator) · da ækvatorial (of, near, or relating to the equator)

equatorial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɛkwəˈtɔːɹiəl/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  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.

Forms

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equatorials Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (5)

fa استوایی (kind of telescope) · de Äquatorial (kind of telescope) · nl equatoriaal (kind of telescope) · it equatoriale (kind of telescope) · es ecuatorial (kind of telescope)