Synonyms for equatorial


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ee-kwuh-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-, ek-wuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌi kwəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɛk wə-


Définition of equatorial

Origin :
  • 1660s, from equator + -al (1).
  • adj tropical
Example sentences :
  • The tropical forms all disappear in these zones, as the equatorial do in the tropical zones.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • At that time the declination of the sun is 23½ north of the equatorial line.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • We may therefore say that the equatorial circumference of the earth is 20,400 miles.
  • Extract from : « The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Fiske.
  • This is a rough stone, not worked save in an equatorial groove.
  • Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes
  • This equatorial form is, moreover, what all the astronomers were expecting.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion
  • The ivory of their tusks constitutes the wealth of the Equatorial Province.
  • Extract from : « The River War » by Winston S. Churchill
  • Such would be the appearances to an inhabitant of the equatorial regions.
  • Extract from : « Letters on Astronomy » by Denison Olmsted
  • The two spheres connected by four beams, two opposite in the main axis, two opposite in the equatorial axis.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Polar tubuli cylindrical, longer than the half main axis, only one-fourth as broad the equatorial constriction.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Perpendicular to this axis is the equatorial plane of the disk by which it becomes divided into equal halves.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel

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