equatorial
pronunciation
How to pronounce equatorial in British English:
UK [ˌekwəˈtɔ:riəl]
How to pronounce equatorial in American English:
US [ˌikwəˈtɔriəl, -ˈtor-, ˌɛkwə-]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or at an equator
- of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
- of or existing at or near the geographic equator
Word Origin
- equatorial (adj.)
- 1660s, from equator + -ial. Related: Equatorially.
Example
- 1. Large dark striped eland of western equatorial africa .
- 2. Equatorial guinea 's elite hoards a fortune in opaque accounts .
- 3. Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter .
- 4. More mysteriously , the region in the north is banded by parallel grooves running like lines of latitude around vesta 's equatorial region .
- 5. Northeastern brazil 's climate is largely driven by the intertropical convergence zone-an equatorial region where northern and southern hemisphere easterly trade winds converge .