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equatorial

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. of or relating to or at an equator

    adj.pert

    Examples
    Equatorial diameter.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator

    adj.pert

    Examples
    Equatorial heat.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. of or existing at or near the geographic equator

    adj.all

    Examples
    Equatorial Africa.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. Of or pertaining to the equator; as, <i>equatorial</i> climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. 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. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an <i>equatorial telescope</i>.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

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