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equatorward en · ADJ
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English equator
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English equatorward
From equator + -ward.
Meanings
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toward the equator
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equatorward en · ADV
Etymology
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English equator
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English equatorward
From equator + -ward.
Meanings
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toward the equator
During the high-sun season the intertropical convergence zone with its thundershowery precipitation affects the areas much as it does in the Ar areas year-round; during the low-sun season the subtropical high pressure cells shift equatorward over the areas much as they occupy the subtropical desert areas on the poleward side of Aw areas year-round.
1985, Paul E. Lydolph, The Climate of the Earth, page 196:
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Antonyms
polarward · poleward