[てんのせきどう, tennosekidou] (n) celestial equator[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Equator \E*qua"tor\, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F.
['e]quateur equator. See {Equate}.]
1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface,
everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and
dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere,
coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so
called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights
are of equal length; hence called also the {equinoctial},
and on maps, globes, etc., the {equinoctial line}.
[1913 Webster]
{Equator of the sun} or {Equator of a planet} (Astron.), the
great circle whose plane passes through through the center
of the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of
revolution.
{Magnetic equator}. See {Aclinic}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equator
n 1: an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle
that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the
equator is the boundary between the northern and southern
hemispheres"
2: a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually
equal and symmetrical parts
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
equator /ekwatɔr/
equator
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