equatorial
equatorial
Definition
equa·to·rial (ē′kwə tôr′ē əl, ek′wə-)
adjective
- of or near the earth's equator
- of any equator
- like or characteristic of conditions near the earth's equator equatorial heat
- designating or of a telescope mounted in such a way as to have two axes of motion, one (called polar axis) parallel to the earth's axis, the other (called declination axis) perpendicular to it: by rotation about the polar axis it can follow the apparent motion of a celestial body
noun
an equatorial telescope
equatorial
Synonyms
equatorial
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- control: Celestron's well-respected 14 " SCT on the new computer controlled equatorial mount.
- calculate: Bakos et al. calculated the equatorial coordinates for epoch and equinox 2000.0 using their astrometry and proper motion measurements.
Adjective modifier
- German: The CCD and flip mirror is too long to clear the mount, which makes me wish for a German equatorial mount!
- eastern: The highest global temperature was recorded in 1998 during the latter stages of El Niño activity in the eastern equatorial Pacific.
- western: Trade winds and the equatorial upwelling maintain warm sea surface temperatures at the western equatorial Pacific and cold surface temperatures in the east.
- sturdy: Bresser Skylux 70mm Equatorial Refractor - £ 89.99 The New Bresser Skylux offers sharp high quality optics on a sturdy equatorial mount.
Modifies a noun
- bulge: The resulting equatorial bulge is readily visible in small telescopes.
- sundial: The northern slope face has an equatorial sundial, with Greek letters marking the hours.
- anomaly: One of the main features studied by these topside sounder satellites was the equatorial anomaly.
- latitude: The two most highly developed ones are centered on a small continent a little to the north of the equatorial latitude.
- radius: Its polar radius is about 50 % flatter than its equatorial radius.
- rainforest: This was central London, not an equatorial rainforest on the other side of the world.
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