equatorial

Plural: equatorials

Noun

• a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
• 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.

Adjective

• of or relating to or at an equator
  • "equatorial diameter"
• of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
  • "equatorial heat"
• of or existing at or near the geographic equator
  • "equatorial Africa"

Adj

• Of, near, or relating to the equator.
• Relating to the midline of any approximately spherical object.
• of a bond, lying approximately in the plane of a ring, perpendicular to its axis

Examples

• "That plant is best suited to equatorial climates."

Antonyms

polar

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