English adjective: equatorial | |||
1. | equatorial of or relating to or at an equator | ||
Samples | Equatorial diameter. | ||
2. | equatorial of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator | ||
Samples | Equatorial heat. | ||
3. | equatorial of or existing at or near the geographic equator | ||
Samples | Equatorial Africa. | ||
Similar | pantropic, pantropical, tropic, tropical | ||
Antonyms | polar | ||
English noun: equatorial | |||
1. | equatorial (artifact) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scope, telescope | ||