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Meanings of the equator in English

Russian
нулевая параллель
Portuguese
linha do equador
Spanish
linea del ecuador
Catalan
línia equatorial
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Intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and midway between the poles.

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Examples for "equator"
Examples for "equator"
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Countries closer to the equator have very low confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Wired
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Others believe that a belt of open water remained around Earth's equator.
BBC
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They revolve in orbits nearly in the plane of the sun's equator.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith / Being an Examination o...
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Nearly in the same latitude, just over the equator, are the Galapagos.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
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SOMMERING.-Anincomplete ring-plain, 17 miles in diameter, situated on the lunar equator.
The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical F...
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Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda and Equitorial Guinea are just a few examples.
The South African
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Also invested in Conoil and the Equitorial Trust Bank.
The South African
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His great achievement was the determination of the circumference of the earth.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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That's bigger than the circumference of the earth.
Wired
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By 2020, Prime Minister Modi wants to pave a distance greater than the circumference of the earth.
Radio NZ
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The distance from Puget Sound to Sand Key is more than two-thirds the circumference of the earth.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
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He was of opinion that about one-third of the circumference of the earth was unknown and unexplored.
Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold
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This theory predicts the Sun and Moon eclipses, and also the ecuatorial and tropical lines were established with a fair precision.
The Brain, A Decoded Enigma
Usage of the equator in English
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Countries closer to the equator have very low confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Wired
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Nearly in the same latitude, just over the equator, are the Galapagos.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
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To the north of the equator the system of language entirely changes.
The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
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I went to the islands below the equator with one thought-toplay.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
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No, they will have to come out to us at the equator.
Midnight at the well of souls
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This convinced me that we must be not far from the equator.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3
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On the equator, sunrise varies by 47 degrees across the eastern horizon.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
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Let her know where you are, when the equator is between you.
Born in Exile
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Were we not within a hundred miles or so of the equator?
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
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St. Thomas's should have been first, as it is nearer the equator.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
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Across the equator, across all the darkness of Africa -to Namibia.
The marks of cain
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Toward the equator, where the air was clearer, the ocean was dark.
Star Maker
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To us, after eight months under the equator, this was bitter weather!
African Camp Fires
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Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole.
Moby Dick
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About 380 million years ago the area was located south of the equator.
Wired
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On Titan, the equator may see rain only a few times a year.
Wired