equator

About 2.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
2. noun A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on another reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
3. noun The midline of any generally spherical object, such as a fruit or vegetable, that has identifiable poles.

   Slice the onion through the equator.

4. noun The celestial equator.

Similar words

latitude equatorial poleward equador ecuadorian ecuador guinea terrestrial equator great circle midline

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Word family

equators