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equatorial /equa·to·ri·al/ (e″kwah-tor´e-al)
1. pertaining to an equator.
2. occurring at the same distance from each extremity of an axis.

equatorial
the circle which divides the spherical object into two equal halves.

equatorial region
the middle piece; said of spindle muscle fibers.


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The Centre has two telescopes--an 11-inch Dobsonian donated by Dudley Field and a 13-inch equatorially fork mounted Newtonian reflector built and donated by club member Steve Kleyn.
Hay owned a number of telescopes at Norbury, but the largest instruments were his 12 1/2-inch (318mm) equatorially mounted f/7.
About 7 million to 8 million years ago, humans began to diverge from great apes in Africa, which, though still equatorially warm, began to dry out.
 
 
 
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