EQUATORIAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does equatorial mean?
• EQUATORIAL (noun)
The noun EQUATORIAL has 1 sense:
1. a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
Familiarity information: EQUATORIAL used as a noun is very rare.
• EQUATORIAL (adjective)
The adjective EQUATORIAL has 3 senses:
1. of or relating to or at an equator
2. of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
3. of or existing at or near the geographic equator
Familiarity information: EQUATORIAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• EQUATORIAL (noun)
Meaning:
A telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("equatorial" is a kind of...):
scope; telescope (a magnifier of images of distant objects)
• EQUATORIAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or at an equator
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
equatorial diameter
Pertainym:
equator (a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts)
Meaning:
Of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
equatorial heat
Pertainym:
equator (an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles)
Meaning:
Of or existing at or near the geographic equator
Context example:
equatorial Africa
Similar:
pantropic; pantropical (distributed throughout the tropics)
tropic; tropical (relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator))
Antonym:
polar (of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles)
