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English

Alternative forms

• æquator (obsolete)
• equatour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Late Latin (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kwe?.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kwe?.t?/, /i?kwe?.t?/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(r)

Noun

equator (plural equators)

1. (geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around the Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
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     Baishui is about as close to the equator as Tampa, Florida.

2. (astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
3. The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.

   Slice the onion through the equator.

4. The celestial equator.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• quorate

Dutch

Alternative forms

• aequator (dated, superseded)
• ekwator (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin aequator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??k?a?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: equa?tor
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

equator m (plural equators)

1. (formal) equator (great circle, equidistant from the poles, on Earth or another sphere)

   Synonym: evenaar

Derived terms

• equatoriaal
• hemelequator
• zonne-equator

English

Pronunciation

Noun

pollywog (plural pollywogs)

1. A polliwog.
2. (sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
3. (New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent (Poly + wog).

References

• pollywog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.