equator

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

equator (plural equators)

  1. (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:
      Baishui is about as close to the equator as Tampa, Florida.
  2. (astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
  3. The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
    Slice the onion through the equator.
  4. The celestial equator.

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Translations

celestial equator — see celestial equator

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin aequator.

Pronunciation

Noun

equator m (plural equators)

  1. (formal) equator (great circle, equidistant from the poles, on Earth or another sphere)
    Synonym: evenaar

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