EQUATORS

Noun

equators

plural of equator

Anagrams

• quaestor, quorates, quæstor

Source: Wiktionary


EQUATOR

E*qua"tor, n. Etym: [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. Ă©quateur equator. See Equate.]

1. (Geog.)

Definition: The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line. Equator of the sun or of a planet (Astron.), the great circle whose plane passes through through the center of the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.

– Magnetic equator. See Aclinic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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