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1. i. ekvator. ekvator, eslek. ekvator. ekvator. i. ekvator. ekvator.
2. ekvator, ekvator.
3. ekvator. eşlek.
4. ekvator.
5. ekvator.

Etymology : Middle English, from Medieval Latin aequator, literally, equalizer, from Latin aequare
Pronunciation : i-'kwA-t&r, 'E-"
Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. circle which is equally distant from both poles (on a heavenly body or sphere); imaginary circle dividing the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres. equator\e*qua"tor\ , n. [l. aequator one who equalizes: cf. f. équateur equator. see: equate.].
2. (geog.) 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.
3. (astron.) 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.
4. 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.
5. 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. 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" a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts.
6. The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth at an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole. the equator an imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth that is exactly the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole on/at/near the equator (aequator , from aequare ( EQUATE); because day and night are equal at the equator). 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 geographic, or terrestrial, Equator divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and forms the imaginary reference line on the Earth's surface from which latitude is reckoned (i.e., 0° latitude). In astronomy, the celestial equator is the great circle in which the plane of the terrestrial Equator intersects the celestial sphere; it is thus equidistant from the celestial poles. When the Sun lies in its plane, day and night are everywhere of equal length; this happens at the equinoxes.