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equatorials

equatorials is the plural of equatorial.

Meaning of equatorial

Noun

equatorial (plural equatorials)

  1. A kind of telescope mounted so 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, 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.

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Questions about equatorials

What is equatorials the plural of?
Equatorials is the plural of equatorial.

Words near equatorials in the dictionary

  1. equatorial plane
  2. equatorial planes
  3. Equatorial spitting cobra
  4. Equatorial spitting cobras
  5. equatorially
  6. equatorials
  7. equatorin
  8. equators
  9. equatorward
  10. equatorwards
  11. equatour

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