Equatorial

Quick meaning: Equatorial is an adjective meaning (geography) Of, near, or relating to the equator.

Meaning

(geography) Of, near, or relating to the equator.

More Meanings

1. Relating to the midline of any approximately spherical object.
2. (organic chemistry) of a bond, lying approximately in the plane of a ring, perpendicular to its axis
3. (astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so 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, 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.

Example Sentences

That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.

Word Forms

• equatorials

Synonyms for equatorial

Depending on context, synonyms include tropical, pantropic, pantropical, tropic.

Antonyms for equatorial

Common opposites include polar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tropic, tropical, pantropical, pantropic, equator, rain.

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