EQUATORIAL


Meaning of EQUATORIAL in English

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

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