Antonyms for equator
ɪˈkweɪ tərequa·tor

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Princeton's WordNet

1. equatornoun

   an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles

   "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"

2. equatornoun

   a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts

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1. prime meridian

   equator should be a antonym because the equator separates the eastern and western while the prime merdian separates northern and southern parts

   if you look up prime merdian and go to images it will tell you that it separates northern and southern

   Submitted by anonymous on November 19, 2019  

How to use equator in a sentence?

1. Cheng Li:

   We found the water in the equator to be greater than what the Galileo probe measured, because the equatorial region is very unique at Jupiter, we need to compare these results with how much water is in other regions.

2. Michelle Stocker:

   These are the oldest frogs from near the equator, the oldest frogs overall are roughly 250 million years old from Madagascar and Poland, but those specimens are from higher latitudes [than the Chinle frog] and not equatorial.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous aid, and the power and empire that follow it... Beware of me, it says, but if you can hold me, I am the key to all the lands.

4. Dante Lauretta:

   Everything was self-consistent and suggested a lot of centimeter-scale particles, probably concentrated in the equator, and I was really envisioning kind of a beach that went all the way around the asteroid in equatorial regions.

5. Mark Twain:

   There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate when he can't afford it, and when he can. - from Following the Equator

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