| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·qua·to·ri·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    kw -tôr -l, -t r-,  kw- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1a. Of, relating to, or resembling the earth's equator. b. Relating to conditions that exist at the earth's equator: equatorial heat. 2. Having or constituting a support with two perpendicular axes, one of which is parallel to the earth's rotational axis. | | NOUN: | An equatorial telescope. | | OTHER FORMS: | equa·tori·al·ly —ADVERB
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