equatorial 音标拼音: [
, ikwət'ɔriəl]
a . 近赤道的,赤道的
近赤道的,赤道的
equatorial adj 1 :
of or relating to or at an equator ; "
equatorial diameter "
2 :
of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator ;
"
equatorial heat "
3 :
of or existing at or near the geographic equator ; "
equatorial Africa " [
ant : {
polar }]
n 1 :
a 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 Equatorial \
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a . [
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quatorial .]
Of or pertaining to the equator ;
as ,
equatorial climates ;
also ,
pertaining to an equatorial instrument .
[
1913 Webster ]
Equatorial \
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n . (
Astron .)
An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other ,
one of them parallel to the axis of the earth ,
and each carrying a graduated circle ,
the one for measuring declination ,
and the other right ascension ,
or the hour angle ,
so that the telescope may be directed ,
even in the daytime ,
to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known .
The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork ,
so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope .
Called also an {
equatorial telescope }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The term equatorial ,
or equatorial instrument ,
is sometimes applied to any astronomical instrument which has its principal axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the earth .
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1913 Webster ]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
equatorial ":
aestival ,
amidships ,
average ,
blood -
hot ,
blood -
warm ,
calid ,
central ,
core ,
equidistant ,
genial ,
halfway ,
interior ,
intermediary ,
intermediate ,
luke ,
lukewarm ,
mean ,
medial ,
median ,
mediocre ,
mediterranean ,
medium ,
mesial ,
mezzo ,
mid ,
middle ,
middlemost ,
middling ,
midland ,
midmost ,
midships ,
midway ,
mild ,
nuclear ,
room -
temperature ,
subtropical ,
summery ,
sunny ,
sunshiny ,
temperate ,
tepid ,
thermal ,
thermic ,
toasty ,
tropical ,
unfrozen ,
warm ,
warm as toast ,
warmish
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