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Definition of equator
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of equator is as below...
Equator
(n.) 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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Orion
::
Orion (n.) A large and
bright
constellation
on the
equator,
between
the stars
Aldebaran
and
Sirius.
It
contains
a
remarkable
nebula
visible
to the naked eye..
Delphinus
::
Delphinus
(n.) The
Dolphin,
a
constellation
near the
equator
and east of
Aquila..
Low
::
Low
(superl.)
Near, or not very
distant
from, the
equator;
as, in the low
northern
latitudes..
Sextans
::
Sextans
(n.) A
constellation
on the
equator
south of Leo; the
Sextant.
Ecliptic
::
Ecliptic
(a.) A great
circle
drawn on a
terrestrial
globe,
making
an angle of 23¡ 28' with the
equator;
-- used for
illustrating
and
solving
astronomical
problems..
Solstice
::
Solstice
(v. i.) The point in the
ecliptic
at which the sun is
farthest
from the
equator,
north or
south,
namely,
the first point of the sign
Cancer
and the first point of the sign
Capricorn,
the
former
being the
summer
solstice,
latter
the
winter
solstice,
in
northern
latitudes;
-- so
called
because
the sun then
apparently
stands
still in its
northward
or
southward
motion..
Astrolabe
::
Astrolabe
(n.) A
stereographic
projection
of the
sphere
on the plane of a great
circle,
as the
equator,
or a
meridian;
a
planisphere..
Longitude
::
Longitude
(n.) The arc or
portion
of the
equator
intersected
between
the
meridian
of a given place and the
meridian
of some other place from which
longitude
is
reckoned,
as from
Greenwich,
England,
or
sometimes
from the
capital
of a
country,
as from
Washington
or
Paris.
The
longitude
of a place is
expressed
either
in
degrees
or in time; as, that of New York is 74¡ or 4 h. 56 min. west of
Greenwich..
Terrel
::
Terrel
(n.) A
spherical
magnet
so
placed
that its
poles,
equator,
etc.,
correspond
to those of the
earth..
Spring
::
Spring
(v. i.) The
season
of the year when
plants
begin to
vegetate
and grow; the
vernal
season,
usually
comprehending
the
months
of
March,
April,
and May, in the
middle
latitudes
north of the
equator..
Equatorially
::
Equatorially
(adv.)
So as to have
motion
or
direction
parallel
to the
equator.
Equatorial
::
Equatorial
(n.) An
instrument
consisting
of a
telescope
so
mounted
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,
the 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.
The
motion
in right
ascension
is
sometimes
communicated
by
clockw
Antiscii
::
Antiscii
(n. pl.) The
inhabitants
of the
earth,
living
on
different
sides of the
equator,
whose
shadows
at noon are cast in
opposite
directions..
Tropic
::
Tropic
(n.) One of the two small
circles
of the
celestial
sphere,
situated
on each side of the
equator,
at a
distance
of 23? 28/, and
parallel
to it, which the sun just
reaches
at its
greatest
declination
north or
south,
and from which it turns again
toward
the
equator,
the
northern
circle
being
called
the
Tropic
of
Cancer,
and the
southern
the
Tropic
of
Capricorn,
from the names of the two signs at which they touch the
ecliptic..
Obliquity
::
Obliquity
(n.) The
condition
of being
oblique;
deviation
from a right line;
deviation
from
parallelism
or
perpendicularity;
the
amount
of such
deviation;
divergence;
as, the
obliquity
of the
ecliptic
to the
equator..
Amplitude
::
Amplitude
(n.) The arc of the
horizon
between
the true east or west point and the
center
of the sun, or a star, at its
rising
or
setting.
At the
rising,
the
amplitude
is
eastern
or
ortive:
at the
setting,
it is
western,
occiduous,
or
occasive.
It is also
northern
or
southern,
when north or south of the
equator..
Serpentarius
::
Serpentarius
(n.) A
constellation
on the
equator,
lying
between
Scorpio
and
Hercules;
--
called
also
Ophiuchus..
Equant
::
Equant
(n.) A
circle
around
whose
circumference
a
planet
or the
center
of ann
epicycle
was
conceived
to move
uniformly;
--
called
also
eccentric
equator.
Southing
::
Southing
(n.)
Distance
of any
heavenly
body south of the
equator;
south
declination;
south
latitude.
Equatorial
::
Equatorial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
equator;
as,
equatorial
climates;
also,
pertaining
to an
equatorial
instrument..
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