EQUATORIAL

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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)