equator

See also: Equator

English

Alternative forms

• æquator (obsolete)
• equatour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkweɪ.tə/
• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkweɪ.tɚ/, /iˈkweɪ.tɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtə(r)

Noun

equator (plural equators)

1. (geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around the Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
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     Baishui is about as close to the equator as Tampa, Florida.

2. (astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
3. The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.

   Slice the onion through the equator.

4. The celestial equator.

Derived terms

• celestial equator
• equatorial
• Equatorial Guinea
• equatorial telescope
• magnetic equator

Related terms

• equal

Translations

circle around the earth

• Albanian: ekuator m
• Arabic: خَطُّ الاِسْتِوَاء m (ḵaṭṭu l-istiwāʔ)
• Armenian: հասարակած (hy) (hasarakac)
• Assamese: বিষুৱ ৰেখা (bixu rekha)
• Azerbaijani: ekvator
• Banyumasan: khatulistiwa, katulistiwa
• Basque: ekuatore
• Belarusian: эква́тар m (ekvátar)
• Bengali: নিরক্ষরেখা (nirokkhorekha)
• Bulgarian: еква́тор m (ekvátor)
• Burmese: အီကွေတာ (my) (i-kweta)
• Catalan: equador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赤道 (zh) (chìdào)

• Czech: rovník (cs) m
• Danish: ækvator (da) c
• Dutch: evenaar (nl) m, equator (nl) m
• Esperanto: ekvatoro
• Estonian: ekvaator (et)
• Finnish: päiväntasaaja (fi)
• French: équateur (fr) m
• Georgian: ეკვატორი (eḳvaṭori)
• German: Äquator (de) m, Linie (de) f
• Greek: ισημερινός (el) m (isimerinós)
• Gujarati: વિષુવવૃત્ત (viṣuvvŕtt)
• Hindi: भूमध्य रेखा f (bhūmadhya rekhā)
• Hungarian: Egyenlítő (hu)
• Icelandic: miðbaugur (is) m
• Indonesian: khatulistiwa (id), ekuator (id)
• Italian: equatore (it) m
• Japanese: 赤道 (ja) (せきどう, sekidō)
• Javanese: ꦏꦠꦸꦭꦶꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦮ (katulistiwa)
• Kazakh: экватор (ékvator)
• Khmer: ភូមធ្យរេខា (phuumĕəʼthyĕəʼreikhaa), អេក្វាទ័រ (km) (ʼeekvaatɔə)
• Korean: 적도 (ko) (jeokdo) (赤道 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: экватор (ky) (ekvator)
• Lao: ສູນສູດ (sūn sūt), ເສັ້ນສູນສູດ (lo) (sen sūn sūt)
• Latvian: ekvators m
• Lithuanian: pusiaujas m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: еква́тор m (ekvátor)
• Malay: khatulistiwa
• Maori: te ara nui o te Rā, te ara nui o Tama-te-Rā
• Mongolian: экватор (mn) (ekvator)
• Navajo: nahasdzáán ałníiʼgi hoodzooígíí
• Norman: lîngne f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ekvator (no) m

  Nynorsk: ekvator m

• Persian: خط استوا (fa) (xatt-e estevâ), استوا (fa) (estevâ)
• Polish: równik (pl) m
• Portuguese: equador (pt) m
• Romanian: ecuator (ro) n
• Russian: эква́тор (ru) m (ekvátor)
• Sanskrit: भूमध्यरेखा f (bhūmadhyarekhā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: екватор m, полутар m

  Roman: ekvator (sh) m, polutar m

• Shona: muenzanisi
• Slovak: rovník m
• Slovene: ekvator (sl) m
• Spanish: ecuador (es) m
• Swahili: ikweta
• Swedish: ekvator (sv) c
• Tagalog: gitguhit, ekwador
• Tajik: хати истиво (xati istivo), экватор (tg) (ekvator)
• Tatar: экватор (ekwator)
• Telugu: భూమధ్య రేఖ (bhūmadhya rēkha)
• Thai: เส้นศูนย์สูตร (sên-sǔun-sùut)
• Turkish: Ekvator (tr), ekvator (tr)
• Turkmen: ekwator
• Ukrainian: еква́тор m (ekvátor)
• Uyghur: ئېكۋاتور (ëkwator)
• Uzbek: ekvator (uz)
• Vietnamese: xích đạo (vi) (赤道)
• Volapük: kveator (vo)
• Welsh: cyhydedd (cy) m
• Yiddish: עקוואַטאָר m (ekvator)

circle around any sphere

• Catalan: equador (ca) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: päiväntasaaja (fi)

celestial equator — see celestial equator

Anagrams

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