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Meaning
Noun
●
In Geography:
An
imaginary
great circle
around Earth,
equidistant
from the two
poles
, and
dividing
earth
's
surface
into the
northern
and
southern
hemisphere.
●
In Astronomy:
A
similar
great circle
on any
sphere
, especially on a
celestial body
, or on other
reasonably
symmetrical
three-dimensional
body.
●
The
midline
of any
generally
spherical
object
, such as a
fruit
or
vegetable
, that has
identifiable
poles.
●
The
celestial
equator.
Name
●
Earth’s equator.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
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Tropics
Ecliptic
Latitude
Sun
Hemisphere
Latitudes
Orbit
Earth
Antarctic
Axis
Troposphere
Longitude
Moon
Ocean
Meridian
Pole
Northeast
Coast
Arctic
Altitude
Poles
Sky
Tropopause
Coil
Surface
Region
Rotor
Sea
Periphery
North
Windward
South Pole
Northern Hemisphere
North Pole
Arctic Circle
Pacific Ocean
Abyssal Plain
Southern Hemisphere
Air Mass
Atlantic Ocean
Winter Solstice
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Sea
Tropic Of Capricorn
Axis Of Rotation
Speed Of Light
Tropic Of Cancer
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Rhymes
Tater
Cater
Hater
Crater
Debater
Equator
Freighter
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