equator has definitions from the fields of geography,mathematics,geometry
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[ noun ] (geography) an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles

Examples

"the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"

Used in print

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

`` Of the humans we left at the equator , one has discorporated and the others are sad '' .

Related terms

great_circle

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[ noun ] (mathematics,geometry) a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts

Related terms

circle equal

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