Meaning of equator | Babel Free

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1. Earth’s equator.
2. An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
3. two points on the surface of the earth diametrically opposite each other. — antipodean, n. , adj.
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4. A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on another reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
5. persons living on opposite sides of the equator but in the same longitude whose shadows at noon fall in opposite directions.
6. The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
7. An imaginary line around the Earth midway between the poles.
8. (with the) an imaginary line (or one drawn on a map etc) passing round the globe, at an equal distance from the North and South poles. Singapore is almost on the equator. ewenaar خَط الإسْتِواء екватор equador rovník der Äquator ækvator ισημερινόςecuador ekvaator خط استوا päiväntasaaja équateur קַו הַמָשׁווֶה भूमध्य रेखा ekvator egyenlítő khatulistiwa miðbaugur equatore 赤道 적도 ekvatorius, pusiaujas ekvators khatulistiwa evenaarekvatorrównik داستواكرښه، يوه فرضى ليكه چه دمځكى دكرى په وچ منځ را ...
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9. of or near the equator. an equatorial climate. ekwatoriaal إسْتِوائي екваториален equatorial rovníkový Äquatorial-... ækvatorial που ανήκει ή είναι κοντά στον ισημερινό ecuatorial ekvatoriaalne استوایی؛ حاره ای päiväntasaajan équatorial מַשווָנִי भूमध्य ekvatorski egyenlítői dekat khatulistiwa miðbaugs- equatoriale 赤道の 적도 지방의 ekvatorinis, pusiaujo ekvatoriāls khatulistuwa equatoriaalekvatorial- równikowy استوايى equatorial ecua­to­ri­al экваториальный rovníkový ekvatorialen ekvatorijalan ekva...
10. ecuador, línea imaginaria que divide un cuerpo en dos partes iguales.
11. The imaginary great circle around the earth's surface, equidistant from the poles and perpendicular to the earth's axis of rotation. It divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
12. The celestial equator.
13. A circle that divides a sphere or other surface into congruent parts.
14. (Physical Geography) the great circle of the earth with a latitude of 0°, lying equidistant from the poles; dividing the N and S hemispheres

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Examples

“Baishui is about as close to the equator as Tampa, Florida.”

“Slice the onion through the equator.”

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