equatorial

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With respect to the 8 3/16 inch glass, I am not quite satisfied with it yet; but I am making improvements, and I believe it will reward my labour in the end Besides these instruments John Jones has an equatorial which is mounted on a tripod stand, made by himself.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling the earth's equator.
  2. adjective Relating to conditions that exist at the earth's equator: equatorial heat.
  3. adjective Having or constituting a support with two perpendicular axes, one of which is parallel to the earth's rotational axis.
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  • My new equatorial was approved of by astronomers and by instrument-makers. —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
  • The position of this margin or southern edge, which in technical language is called the equatorial limit of the Trade, varies considerably with the season of the year. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • First, politics will heat up along what we might call the equatorial tension belt, a broad swath of instability around the planet's center. —  Leaning Straight Up
  • Set in a equatorial island, the newborn expanse provides the deceit that of a Brobdingnagian area. —  Planet Malaysia
  • For example, I felt that this album title's colour, could have been more subtle and equatorial-like, like a tropical orange. —  Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator
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  1. = French équatorial, etc., from Middle Latin æquator, equator: see equator.
 

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