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• Equator-S — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Equator S Equator S Organización Instituto Max Planck de Física Extraterrestre Estado Inactivo …   Wikipedia Español

• Equator — E*qua tor, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. [ e]quateur equator. See {Equate}.] 1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth s surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth s surface into two… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• equator — late 14c., from M.L. aequator diei et noctis equalizer of day and night (when the sun is on the celestial equator, twice annually, day and night are of equal length), agent noun from L. aequare make equal (see EQUATE (Cf. equate)). Sense of… …   Etymology dictionary

• equator — [ē kwāt′ər, ikwāt′ər] n. [ME < ML < LL aequator, lit., one who makes equal: see EQUATE] 1. an imaginary circle around the earth, equally distant at all points from both the North and South Poles: it divides the earth s surface into the… …   English World dictionary

• equator — EQUATÓR s.n. v. ecuator. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

• Equator — Eqüator, Equatour m. l Equateur …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

• equator — ► NOUN ▪ a notional line around the earth equidistant from the poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres. ORIGIN Latin aequator, in the phrase circulus aequator diei et noctis circle equalizing day and night …   English terms dictionary

• Equator — For other uses, see Equator (disambiguation). 0° Equator …   Wikipedia

• equator — noun VERB + EQUATOR ▪ cross ▪ straddle PREPOSITION ▪ around the equator ▪ Rainforests occur around the equator …   Collocations dictionary

• equator — /i kway teuhr/, n. 1. the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body. 2. the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the… …   Universalium

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