equator
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- noun
- /ɪˈkweɪtər/
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- As its name implies, Ecuador lies across the equator in the northwestern corner of South America.
- south of the equator
- closer to the equator
- degrees from the equator
In the course of time, this has made the equator bulge outwards.
- In the course of time, this has made the equator bulge outwards.
- But in many countries around the equator, crop yield will substantially drop.
- The direction of pull would shift as you crossed that equator.
- This effect happens the most at the equator and then tapers off at the poles of Earth, right?
Examples
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It would get hotter at the equator and the air would rise up from the heat.
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Having passed the Equator and into the springtime, Donald Crowhurst is somewhere in the South Atlantic averaging an astounding 170 miles a day.
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And we're slightly wider below the equator than at the equator.
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Are we on the equator?
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Heat from the sun arrives at the equator and is carried north by the ocean.
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"Some will stay on Earth and live on the equator," said Grandpa.
Fiction book (2000) -
Greater total rainfall will also almost certainly occur in a band along the equator, especially over the oceans.
Academic text (2008) -
It's a bit fatter around the equator because it's spinning, right?
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These are barren, burnt lands hidden by sandstorms which stretch a thousand miles across the equator.
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The remote island chain of Palau is located near the equator, east of the Philippines.
Synonyms
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An imaginary circle around the Earth parallel to the equator that shows how far north or south a place is
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An imaginary circle around the sky above Earth's equator
An imaginary horizontal line around the Earth that shows how far north or south a place is
An imaginary line in the sky that matches Earth's equator and divides the sky into north and south
Compounds
- Specialized
An imaginary line around the Earth where compass needles point horizontally
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word equator comes from the Latin root aequus meaning 'equal', because it names the invisible line that makes the top and bottom of the Earth the same. So, the equator is the line around the middle of the Earth that divides it into two 'equal' parts, and the country Ecuador is named after this line.