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1. (n.) equator
the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis and everywhere equidistant from the poles.
2. equator
the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole.
3. equator
a circle separating a surface into two congruent parts.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML aequātor, L: equalizer (of day and night, as when the sun crosses the equator). See equate , -tor)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) equator
an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
"the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"
2. (noun) equator
a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) equator
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. (noun) equator
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
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Sense: (withthe) 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.
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 Afrikaans: ewenaar |
 Arabic: خَط الإسْتِواء |
 Bulgarian: екватор |
 Brazilian: equador |
 Czech: rovník |
 German: derÄquator |
 Danish: ækvator |
 Greek: ισημερινός |
 Spanish: ecuador |
 Estonian: ekvaator |
 Farsi: خط استوا |
 Finnish: päiväntasaaja |
 French: équateur |
 Hebrew: קַו הַמָשׁווֶה |
 Hindi: भूमध्य रेखा |
 Croatian: ekvator |
 Hungarian: egyenlítő |
 Indonesian: khatulistiwa |
 Icelandic: miðbaugur |
 Italian: equatore |
 Japanese: 赤道 |
 Korean: 적도 |
 Lithuanian: ekvatorius, pusiaujas |
 Latvian: ekvators |
 Malay: khatulistiwa |
 Dutch: evenaar |
 Norwegian: ekvator |
 Polish: równik |
 Persian: خط استوا |
 Pashto: داستواكرښه، يوه فرضى ليكه |
 Portuguese: equador. |
 Romanian: ecuator |
 Russian: экватор |
 Slovak: rovník |
 Slovenian: ekvator |
 Serbian: ekvator |
 Swedish: ekvator |
 Thai: เส้นศูนย์สูตร |
 Turkish: ekvator |
 Taiwanese: 赤道 |
 Ukrainian: екватор |
 Urdu: خط استوا جو کرہ زمین کے گ |
 Vietnamese: xích đạo |
 Chinese: 赤道 |
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