equatorial

See also: équatorial

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛkwəˈtɔːɹiəl/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

equatorial (comparative more equatorial, superlative most equatorial)

  1. (geography) Of, near, or relating to the equator.
    That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.
    • 1990 August, Boyd Gibbons, “Missouri's Garden of Consequence”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 130:
      In equatorial Ecuador, days and nights are almost the same length, and the sun goes down early.
  2. Relating to the midline of any approximately spherical object.
  3. (organic chemistry) of a bond, lying approximately in the plane of a ring, perpendicular to its axis

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Noun

equatorial (plural equatorials)

  1. (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.

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Adjective

equatorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural equatorials)

  1. equatorial

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.kwa.to.ɾiˈaw/ [e.kwa.to.ɾiˈaʊ̯], (faster) /e.kwa.toˈɾjaw/ [e.kwa.toˈɾjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.kwɐ.tuˈɾjal/ [i.kwɐ.tuˈɾjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.kwɐ.tuˈɾja.li/

  • Hyphenation: e‧qua‧to‧ri‧al

Adjective

equatorial m or f (plural equatoriais)

  1. equatorial

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