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nouna telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
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"equatorial Africa"adjectiveof or existing at or near the geographic equator
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"equatorial diameter"of or relating to or at an equator
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"equatorial heat"of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
Definition that contains equatorial
- jungle an impenetrable equatorial forest
- ra (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- chimp intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
- chimpanzee intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
- oblate having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
- centimo a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain
- solar parallax the angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unit
- north equatorial current an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator
- genus afrocarpus dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus
- pumpkin-shaped having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles