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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 other surface into two equal parts.
4. In medicine, an imaginary line encircling a globe, equidistant from the poles.
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 other surface into two equal parts.
4. In medicine, an imaginary line encircling a globe, equidistant from the poles.
Used in anatomical nomenclature to designate such a line on a spherical organ, dividing the surface into two approximately equal parts.
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(Greek: inclination, slope; the [supposed] slope of the earth from the equator towards the poles; hence, the latitudinal zone of the earth and prevailing weather in a given zone)
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equator bulbi oculi, equator of the eyeball
An imaginary line encircling the eyeball midway between the anterior and posterior poles.
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In geophysics, the imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface formed by the intersection of a plane passing through the Earth's center perpendicular to the axis connecting the north and south magnetic poles: The geomagnetic equator is that terrestrial great circle which is 90° from the geomagnetic poles.
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geo-, ge- +
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celestial equator
The imaginary great circle that lies above the earth's equator and meets the celestial sphere.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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