1) BBC television documentary 2) Big belt 3) Biggest circle on earth 4) Congo line 5) Divider of a sort 6) Dividing line 7) Earth circler 8) Global divide 9) Globe splitter 10) Great circle 11) Hemisphere dividing line 12) Hemispheric border 13) Imaginary circle 14) It passes through Kenya 15) Its latitude is 0
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An equator is the intersection of a sphere`s surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere`s axis of rotation and midway between the poles. The Equator usually refers to the Earth`s equator: an imaginary line on the Earth`s surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole, dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern...
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[schooner] Equator was a two-masted pygmy trading schooner that in 1889 carried passengers Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson on a voyage through the islands of Micronesia. They visited Butaritari, Mariki, Apaiang and Abemama in the Gilbert Islands, (also known as the Kingsmills) now Kiribati. Photographs of Stevenson`s v...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) The imaginary great circle on the earth`s surface, everywhere equ...
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An imaginary circle around a body which is everywhere equidistant from the poles, defining the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres.
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great circle around the Earth that is everywhere equidistant from the geographic poles and lies in a plane perpendicular to the Earth`s axis. This ... [5 related articles]
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Earth's equator. Credit: NASA The great circle on the surface of a body formed by the intersection of the surface with the plane passing through the center of the body perpendicular to the axis of rotation. In the case of the Earth, the equator is an imaginary line drawn such that all points on ...
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An imaginary line of latitude around the centre of the earth.
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1. terrestrial: 0° latitude, an imaginary great circle around the planet which is perpendicular to the poles of Earth's rotation; 2. celestial: Earth's equator projected out into space, used largely by astronomers, inclined at 23° from the ecliptic.
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1. <geography> 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. ... 2. <astronomy> 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 night...
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An imaginary line around the Earth midway between the North and South Poles
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An imaginary circle around a body which is everywhere equidistant from the poles, defining the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres.
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an imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole
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E·qua'tor noun [ Latin aequator one who equalizes: confer French équateur equator. See Equate .] 1. (Geology) 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.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ē-kwā′tŏr Definitions: 1. A line encircling a globular body, equidistant at all points from the two poles; the periphery of a plane cutting a sphere at the midpoint of, and at right angles to, its axis.
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Line of latitude at 0 degrees -- equal distance from both poles.
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Location on the Earth that has a latitude of 0°.
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The line that passes around the middle of the Earth.
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equator, aequator 1. The imaginary great circle around earth that is the same distance from the North and South Poles and divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres. 2. An imaginary great circle around an astronomical object that is everywhere the same distance from the poles. 3. In mathematics, a circle that divides a sphere or...
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Translations for „Equator“ Become a Premium Member today! The probably only vineyard exactly on the equator is in the East African state of Uganda. Other countries with vineyards at least close to this exposed area are Ecuador, Brazil and Kenya. See also under Africa and Tropics.
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an imaginary line going around the earth halfway between the north and south poles
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noun 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`
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Great circle whose plane is perpendicular to the Earth's axis (the line joining the poles). Its length is 40,092 km/24,902 mi, divided into 360 degrees of longitude. The Equator encircles the broadest part of the Earth, and represents 0° latitude. It divides the Earth into two halves, called the northern and the southern hemispheres. T...
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the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body. · the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. · a circle separating a surface into two congruent parts. · See
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