equator
/ɪˈkweɪ.tə//ɪˈkweɪ.tɚ/
equator noun: an imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
Noun
equator (plural equators)
- An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
- Baishui is about as close to the equator as Tampa, Florida.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on another reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
- The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.
- Slice the onion through the equator.
- The celestial equator.
Proper noun capitalized: Equator
Equator
- Earth’s equator.
equator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
equator in Hindi
- circle around the earth
- भूमध्य रेखा bhūmadhya rekhā
equator in Tamil
- circle around the earth
- நிலநடுக் கோடு nilanaṭuk kōṭu
equator in Marathi
- circle around the earth
- विषुववृत्त viṣuvvŕtta
equator in Urdu
- خط استوا
More languagesFewer languages
- equator in Bengali
- নিরক্ষরেখা nirokkhorekha
- equator in Telugu
- భూమధ్య రేఖ bhūmadhya rēkha
- equator in Malayalam
- ഭൂമദ്ധ്യരേഖ bhūmaddhyarēkha
- equator in Kannada
- ವಿಷುವದ್ರೇಖೆ viṣuvadrēkhe
- equator in Punjabi
- ਭੂ-ਮੱਧ ਰੇਖਾ bhū-maddha rekhā
- equator in Gujarati
- વિષુવવૃત્ત viṣuvvŕtt
- equator in Odia
- ବିଷୁବରେଖା
- equator in Sanskrit
- भूमध्यरेखा bhūmadhyarekhā
- equator in Assamese
- বিষুৱ ৰেখা bixu rekha
- equator in Nepali
- भूमध्य रेखा bhūmadhya rekhā
- equator in Tagalog
- gitguhit, ekwador
- equator in Arabic
- خَطُّ الاِسْتِوَاء ḵaṭṭu l-istiwāʔ
- equator in Malay
- khatulistiwa
- equator in Indonesian
- khatulistiwa, ekuator
- equator in Persian
- خط استوا xatt-e estevâ, استوا estevâ, معدلالنهار mo'adel-olnahâr
- equator in Thai
- เส้นศูนย์สูตร sên-sǔun-sùut
- equator in Vietnamese
- xích đạo
- equator in Myanmar
- အီကွေတာ i-kweta
Examples of equator in a sentence
- A geographical mile is exactly equal to one minute of arc along the Earth's equator.
- Locations on the equator are a lot hotter than elsewhere temperaturewise.
- The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.
Forms of equator
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | equators |
| alternative form (obsolete) | aequator |
| alternative form (obsolete) | æquator |
| alternative form (obsolete) | equatour |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Æquator |
Origin of equator
From Late Latin (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).
Words formed from equator
- celestial equator
- equatorial
- Equatorial Guinea
- equatorial telescope
- equatorward
- equatorwards
- magnetic equator
- palaeoequator
- paleoequator
Words that rhyme with equator
- translator
- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- skater
- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
- 'mater
Questions about equator
- What does equator mean?
- Equator means an imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
- What is equator in Hindi?
- Equator in Hindi is भूमध्य रेखा (bhūmadhya rekhā). See Equator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is equator?
- Equator can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce equator?
- Equator is pronounced /ɪˈkweɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of equator?
- The plural of equator is equators.
Words near equator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: equator (page history and authors); Equator (page history and authors); equator (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); equator (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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