Synonyms for equator
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-kwey-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈkweɪ tər |
Top 10 synonyms for equator Other synonyms for the word equator
- circle
- circlet
- circuit
- circumference
- circus
- cirque
- coil
- colure
- compass
- cordon
- corona
- crown
- curvation
- curvature
- curve
- cycle
- disc
- disk
- ecliptic
- enclosure
- equator
- equinoctial
- equinoctial circle
- equinoctial line
- eye
- full turn
- globe
- gyre
- halo
- hoop
- horizon
- jungle
- lap
- loop
- meridian
- orb
- orbit
- parallel of
- parallel of latitude
- perimeter
- periphery
- record
- revolution
- ring
- ringlet
- round
- sphere
- stadium
- tire
- tropical zone
- turn
- vortex
- wheel
- wreath
- zodiac
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for equator
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