EQUATOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does equator mean?
• EQUATOR (noun)
The noun EQUATOR has 2 senses:
1. an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
2. a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts
Familiarity information: EQUATOR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EQUATOR (noun)
Meaning:
An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres
Hypernyms ("equator" is a kind of...):
great circle (a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center)
Meaning:
A circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("equator" is a kind of...):
circle (ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point)
