equator

equator

See also: Equator

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Late Latin (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

equator (plural equators)

1. (geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around 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

Afrikaans: ewenaar Albanian: ekuator m Amharic: መሬት ሰቅ (märet säḳ) Arabic: خَطُّ الاِسْتِوَاء‎ m (ḵaṭṭu l-istiwāʾ) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܣܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܕܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ‎ Armenian: հասարակած (hy) (hasarakac) Assamese: বিষুৱ ৰেখা (bixu rekha) Azerbaijani: ekvator Banyumasan: khatulistiwa, katulistiwa Basque: ekuatore Belarusian: эква́тар m (ekvátar) Bengali: নিরক্ষরেখা (nirôkhôrekha) Breton: keheder (br) m 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) Faroese: miðkringur m Finnish: päiväntasaaja (fi) French: équateur (fr) m Galician: ecuador (gl) m Georgian: ეკვატორი (eḳvaṭori) German: Äquator (de) m, Linie (de) f Greek: ισημερινός (el) m (isimerinós) Gujarati: વિષુવવૃત્ત (viṣuvvṛtt) Hebrew: קַו הַמַשׁוֶה‎ (he) m (kav-hamashveh) Hindi: भूमध्य रेखा f (bhūmadhya rekhā) Hungarian: Egyenlítő (hu) Icelandic: miðbaugur (is) m Indonesian: khatulistiwa (id), ekuator (id) Irish: méanchiorcal m Italian: equatore (it) m Japanese: 赤道 (ja) (せきどう, sekidō) Javanese: ꦏꦠꦸꦭꦶꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦮ (katulistiwa) Kannada: ವಿಷುವದ್ರೇಖೆ (kn) (viṣuvadrēkhe) Kazakh: экватор (ekvator) Khmer: ភូមធ្យរេខា (phuumĕəʼthyĕəʼreikhaa), អេក្វាទ័រ (km) (ʼeekvaatɔə) Korean: 적도(赤道) (ko) (jeokdo) Kyrgyz: экватор (ky) (ekvator) Lao: ສູນສູດ (sūn sūt), ເສັ້ນສູນສູດ (lo) (sen sūn sūt) Latvian: ekvators m Lithuanian: pusiaujas m Luxembourgish: Equator Macedonian: еква́тор m (ekvátor) Malay: khatulistiwa Malayalam: ഭൂമദ്ധ്യരേഖ (bhūmaddhyarēkha) Maori: te ara nui o te Rā, te ara nui o Tama-te-Rā Marathi: विषुववृत्त (viṣuvvrutta) Mongolian: экватор (mn) (ekvator) Navajo: nahasdzáán ałníiʼgi hoodzooígíí Nepali: भूमध्य रेखा (bhūmadhya rekhā) 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 Punjabi: ਭੂ-ਮੱਧ ਰੇਖਾ (bhū-maddha rekhā) Romanian: ecuator (ro) n Russian: эква́тор (ru) m (ekvátor) Sanskrit: भूमध्यरेखा f (bhūmadhyarekhā) Scottish Gaelic: crios-meadhain m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: екватор m, полутар m Roman: ekvator (sh) m, polutar m Shona: muenzanisi Slovak: rovník m Slovene: ekvator (sl) m Somali: dhulbare Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: ekwator m Upper Sorbian: ekwator m Spanish: ecuador (es) m Swahili: ikweta Swedish: ekvator (sv) c Tagalog: gitguhit, ekwador Tajik: хати истиво (xati istivo), экватор (tg) (ekvator) Tamil: நிலநடுக் கோடு (nilanaṭuk kōṭu) Tatar: экватор (ekwator) Telugu: భూమధ్య రేఖ (bhūmadhya rēkha) Thai: เส้นศูนย์สูตร (th) (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 West Frisian: evener (fy) c Yiddish: עקוואַטאָר‎ m (ekvator) Zazaki: ekvator

circle around any sphere

Catalan: equador (ca) m Finnish: päiväntasaaja (fi) Persian: استوا‎ (fa) (estevā), معدل‌النهار‎ (mo'adel-olnahār)

celestial equator — see celestial equator

Anagrams

• quorate

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• aequator (dated, superseded)
• ekwator (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin aequator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈkʋaː.tɔr/
• Hyphenation: equa‧tor
• Rhymes: -aːtɔr

Noun

equator m (plural equators)

1. (formal) equator (great circle, equidistant from the poles, on Earth or another sphere)

   Synonym: evenaar

Derived terms

• equatoriaal
• hemelequator
• zonne-equator