Converse of object

• straddle: The Galapagos Islands straddle the equator 600 miles west of Ecuador.

• cross: Today we crossed the Equator in the Indian Ocean our Long being 79 East.

• round: You have a large ball of string, and walk round the equator, laying down a taut trail of string.

• follow: Review: " Following the Equator " is not the typical Mark Twain story.

• approach: As you approach the equator and the water warms up shark attacks increase proportionately.

• intersect: The equinoxes are the two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Preposition: at

• angle: The two lines of longitude, meet the equator at a right angle, 90 degrees.

Adjective modifier

• celestial: The altitude of the celestial equator at a meridian is a function of the latitude of the observer.

• galactic: The Pencil Nebula is almost exactly on the Galactic equator.

• geomagnetic: The contours so obtained showed a peak in n i at, or slightly South of, the geomagnetic equator.

• magnetic: The Van Allen belts span only about forty degrees of earth's latitude -- twenty degrees above and below the magnetic equator.

• solar: At other times the path is either concave or convex to the solar equator.

• mean: The routine sla_PLANET produces heliocentric position and velocity in the form of equatorial for the mean equator and equinox of J2000.

Modifies a noun

• principle: Tools available include the Global Reporting Initiative and the IFC investment guidelines, including the Equator principles adopted by banks.

• line: I had been annoying Sarena about visiting the Equator line for a few days now.

• project: Hewlett-Packard Labs and the Equator project support this PhD research.

• experience: Featured Projects Below are described various projects within this Equator Experience.

Possessives

• earth: The orbits are tilted to the earth's equator by 55 degrees to ensure coverage of polar regions.

• planet: The upper atmosphere is structured into characteristic ' belts ' and ' zones ' running parallel to the planet's equator.

Preposition: for

• time: Crossed the equator for the first time, with the opening of a flight to Jakarta, on the 14th of August.