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equatorial adjective & noun. Also equatoreal. M17.
[from EQUATOR + -IAL.]
A. adjective.
gen. Of or pertaining to an equator. M17.
equatorial plate Biology = METAPHASE plate.
Of or pertaining to the earth's equator; situated, existing, or occurring on or near the equator. E18.
E. Waugh Shading their eyes from the brilliant equatorial sun. Discovery This pull of the sun sets up equatorial bulge.
b. Of the orbit of a satellite: lying in the plane of the equator. M20.
Of an astronomical telescope or its mounting: such that the telescope can be rotated about one axis in the plane of the equator and another parallel to the earth's axis, so that the diurnal motion of a celestial object anywhere in the sky can be followed by rotation about the latter axis only. L18.
b. noun. An equatorial telescope. L18.
equatorially adverb E19.