Word Meaning

equator definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. 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.

Crossword clues for equator

- Great circle of earth
- Hemisphere divider
- Imaginary circle around our planet
- Imaginary circle around the Earth
- Imaginary circle around the Earth's greatest diameter
- Imaginary global circle
- Imaginary line around Earth
- Imaginary line around the Earth
- Imaginary line around the Earth at its greatest diameter
- Imaginary line around the earth dividing hemispheres
- Line dividing the hemispheres
- Line that’s recognised around the globe
- Mid-planet line
- The line of 0 degrees latitude