equatorial

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{a} pertaining to the equator
Called also an equatorial telescope
of, near, or relating to the equator
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
of or relating to or at an equator; "equatorial diameter"
Something that is equatorial is near or at the equator. the equatorial island with a hundred and twenty thousand people living there. adj. French Equatorial Africa Equatorial Guinea Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument
of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator; "equatorial heat"
of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa" of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator; "equatorial heat" of or relating to or at an equator; "equatorial diameter
of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa"
The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope
of or relating to or at an equator; "equatorial diameter
{s} near to or pertaining to an equator (especially the equator of the Earth); characteristic of regions near the Earth's equator
Equatorial Guinea
Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinean
Of, from, or pertaining to Equatorial Guinea, the Equatorial Guinean people or the Equatorial Guinean culture
Equatorial Guinean
A person from Equatorial Guinea or of Equatorial Guinean descent
equatorial bulge
An equatorial bulge is a planetological term which describes a bulge which a planet may have around its equator, distorting it into an oblate spheroid. The Earth has an equatorial bulge of 42.72 km (26.5 miles) due to its rotation. That is, its diameter measured across the equatorial plane (12756.28 km, 7,927 miles) is 42.72 km more than that measured between the poles (12713.56 km, 7,900 miles)
Equatorial Africa
region of Africa located along the equator
Equatorial Guinea
a small country in west central Africa, between Cameroon and Gabon. Population: 486,060 (2001). Capital: Malabo. The capital city is on an island 125 miles (200 km) from the main part of the country. officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea formerly Spanish Guinea Republic on the western coast of equatorial Africa and including Bioko Island
Equatorial Guinea
{i} Republic of Equatorial Guinea, independent republic in western Africa
equatorial current
One of the surface currents drifting westward through the oceans at the equator
equatorial current
any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator
equatorial guinea
a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
equatorial guinea monetary unit
monetary unit in Equatorial Guinea
equatorial plate
The plane located midway between the poles of a dividing cell during the metaphase stage of mitosis or meiosis. It is formed from the migration of the chromosomes to the center of the spindle
equatorial telescope
{i} astronomical telescope that allows a celestial body to be kept in view by revolving an axis that is parallel to the rotation of the earth's axis
equatorial telescope
An astronomical telescope that keeps a star in view by revolving about an axis that is parallel to the earth's axis of rotation
French Equatorial Africa
A federation in central Africa, stretching from the Sahara to the Congo River
trans-equatorial
On the other side of, or crossing the equator

Birth of Hurricane Agnes—Triggered by the Transequatorial Movement of a Mesoscale System Into a Favorable Large-Scale Environment -Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 177–179.

French Equatorial Africa
A former federation (1910-1958) of French territories in west-central Africa comprising the present-day countries of Chad, Gabon, Congo, and Central African Republic. formerly French Congo Former federation of French possessions, western Central Africa. It was in existence from 1910 to 1959; its capital was Brazzaville. With independence in 1960, the former territory of Ubangi-Shari, to which Chad had been attached in 1920, became the Central African Republic and the Republic of Chad; the Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo; and Gabon became the Republic of Gabon
equatorially
So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator
north equatorial current
an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator
south equatorial current
an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator
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