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Equator
/ɪˈkweɪ.tə/
(often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around the Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
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noun
- 1
(often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around the Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
- 2
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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