Synonyms for equator
ɪˈkweɪ tərequa·tor

Princeton's WordNet

1. equatornoun

   an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles

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

2. equatornoun

   a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts

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1. • Circle
   • Great Circle

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1. equatornoun

   Synonyms:
   equinoctial, equinoctial line, celestial equator

2. equatornoun

   Synonyms:
   terrestrial equator

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1. List of paraphrases for "equator":

   ecuador, equatorial, équateur, equador

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1. Pascal Lee:

   The Apollo landing sites were all near the Moon’s equator, such that the Earth was almost directly overhead for the astronauts, but from the Philolaus skylights, Earth would loom just over the crater’s mountainous rim, near the horizon to the southeast.

2. Michelle Stocker:

   These are the oldest frogs from near the equator, the oldest frogs overall are roughly 250 million years old from Madagascar and Poland, but those specimens are from higher latitudes [than the Chinle frog] and not equatorial.

3. Matthew England:

   Shut it down completely and you get this reduction of rainfall in one band south of the equator and an increase in the band to the north. So we could see impacts on rainfall in the tropics.

4. Unknown:

   If you laid all of the lawyers in the world, end to end, on the equator ---- It would be a good idea to just leave them there.

5. Lindsay Zanno:

   Around the equator at that time, we don't yet have dinosaurs showing up in this ecosystem.