Antonyms for equator

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-kwey-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈkweɪ tər

Definition of equator

Origin : late 14c., from Medieval Latin aequator diei et noctis "equalizer of day and night" (when the sun is on the celestial equator, twice annually, day and night are of equal length), agent noun from Latin aequare "make equal" (see equate). Sense of "celestial equator" is earliest, extension to "terrestrial line midway between the poles" first recorded in English 1610s.

As in round : noun globe, ball; semicircular area
As in celestial equator : noun imaginary equator in the sky
As in tropics : noun torrid zone
As in gyre : noun circle
As in circle : noun orb, loop, round figure

Example sentences :

Aunt Jane approached a degree nearer the equator, and said, gently, "I fear I do."
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

I may almost say their temperature would be the same at the Equator as the Pole.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

And he tells you that the earth south of the Equator makes the inferior man.
Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

There is no distinction between the equator and the ecliptic.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

If it did, the equator would be frozen in twenty-four hours!
Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne

The ancients had said that no continent existed south of the equator.
Extract from : « Discoverers and Explorers » by Edward R. Shaw

If I've got to cross the equator I'll have the escort of ladies, not a bunch of rough-necks.
Extract from : « Peggy Stewart at School » by Gabrielle E. Jackson

Naturally, the same conditions are repeated on the other side of the equator.
Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

On the 20th of November, being then just about 40 minutes south of the equator, and in Long.
Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

In the regions near the equator the sun courses in hot hurry.
Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson

Synonyms for equator

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