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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Equator"

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Word	Definition
latitudenoun	(figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
equatorialnoun	(astronomy) 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.
poleward	Towards a (north or south) pole.
equadornoun	Obsolete spelling of Ecuador. [A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.]
ecuadoriannoun	A person from Ecuador or of Ecuadorian descent.
ecuadornoun	A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.
guineanoun	A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea.
terrestrial equator	—
great circlenoun	A segment of such circle representing the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere.
midlinenoun	(anatomy, medicine) The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
equinoctial circlenoun	celestial equator
equinoctial linenoun	(obsolete, rare) the Equator
equatorial planenoun	(astronomy) The plane that passes through the Earth's equator, or by extension the equators of other celestial bodies.
primary circle	—
aequatornoun	Obsolete form of equator. [(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 hemispheres.]
equatournoun	Rare spelling of equator. [(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 hemispheres.]
æquatornoun	Obsolete spelling of equator. [(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 hemispheres.]
celestial equatornoun	(astronomy) A great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of Earth's Equator.
equinoxnoun	One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.
equinoctialnoun	The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator.