transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌē-kwə-ˈtȯr-ē-əl, ˌe-kwə- ]
adjective
Date: 1664
1.
a. : of, relating to, or located at the equator or an equator ; also : being in the plane of the equator
a satellite in equatorial orbit
b. : of, originating in, or suggesting the region around the geographic equator
2.
a. : being or having a support that includes two axles at right angles to each other with one parallel to the earth's axis of rotation
an equatorial telescope mount
b. : extending in a direction essentially in the plane of a cyclic structure (as of cyclohexane)
equatorial hydrogens
— compare axial