different between feverish vs equatorial

English

Etymology

From fever +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fi?.v?.???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fi.v?.??/

Adjective

feverish (comparative more feverish, superlative most feverish)

1. Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

   The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.

2. Filled with excess energy.

   He worked with feverish excitement.

3. Morbidly eager.

   a feverish desire to see her again

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• feverish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• feverish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kw??t???i?l/

Adjective

equatorial (comparative more equatorial, superlative most equatorial)

1. of, near, or relating to the equator

   That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.

2. (organic chemistry) perpendicular to the plane of a ring

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

equatorial (plural equatorials)

1. (astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

equatorial (feminine equatoriala, masculine plural equatorials, feminine plural equatoriales)

1. equatorial

See also

• Guinea Equatorial

Portuguese

Adjective

equatorial m or f (plural equatoriais, comparable)

1. equatorial

Derived terms

• Guiné Equatorial

Related terms

• equador