💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Equatorial plane"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecliptic planenoun | (astronomy) The ecliptic, the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, or by extension the orbital planes of other celestial bodies. |
| 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. |
| equatornoun | (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. |
| plane of eclipticnoun | (astronomy) The surface (plane) that contains the orbit of a planet in a solar system. |
| orbital planenoun | (astronomy) The surface (plane) that contains an orbit. |
| invariable planenoun | (astronomy) The orbital plane passing through a planetary system's barycenter (center of mass) perpendicular to its angular momentum vector. |
| eclipticnoun | (astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth. |
| 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.] |
| equinoctinalnoun | Synonym of equinoctial. |
| linenoun | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. |
| 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.] |
| equinoctialnoun | The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator. |
| equinoctial linenoun | (obsolete, rare) the Equator |
| 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.] |
| 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. |
| equinoxial | (obsolete) Alternative form of equinoctial: of or related to the equinox. [(astronomy) Of or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.] |
| zodiacnoun | (astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region. |
| hemispherenoun | (geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. . |
| descending nodenoun | (astronomy) The point in an orbit at which a body passes the ecliptic plane going south. |
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