Synonyms for equatorial
ˌi kwəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɛk wə-equa·to·ri·al

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1. equatorialadjective

   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

   Antonyms:
   polar, north-polar, south-polar, circumpolar, Arctic, Antarctic

2. equatorialadjective

   of or relating to or at an equator

   "equatorial diameter"

   Antonyms:
   polar, circumpolar, Arctic, Antarctic, south-polar, north-polar

3. equatorialadjective

   of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator

   "equatorial heat"

   Antonyms:
   north-polar, south-polar, Arctic, circumpolar, polar, Antarctic

4. equatorialadjective

   of or existing at or near the geographic equator

   "equatorial Africa"

   Antonyms:
   north-polar, south-polar, Antarctic, Arctic, polar, circumpolar

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1. List of paraphrases for "equatorial":

   equateur, tropical, equatoria, guinea, equator, equatoriale

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1. Jill Huntley:

   Climate change impacts are worse in the equatorial tropics -- Australasia -- because of the unique climate here. It is the most atmospherically dynamic place on Earth. Also, the tropics can experience up to three times the temperature increases under climate change compared to other parts of the world.

2. Femi Adesina:

   The conclusion and signing of an agreement by Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea for the establishment of a combined maritime policing and security patrol committee on Tuesday is expected to be the major outcome.

3. 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.

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. 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.