the equator
noun
: an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth that is the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole
The city of Quito, Ecuador, lies very close to the equator.
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The cycle swings between warmer and cooler seawater in a region along the equator in the tropical Pacific.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
On the solstice, the sun's path in the sky is either the furthest north or south from the equator.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
Tropical Storm Senyar formed just north of the equator in the Strait of Malacca, the waterway between Indonesia’s Sumatra and the Malaysian peninsula – a rare occurrence that may have helped magnify the disaster as communities there weren’t used to experiencing cyclones, Tangang said.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Satellites in the geostationary belt (GEO) orbit 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above the equator.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
On the solstice, the sun's path in the sky is either the furthest north or south from the equator.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
Tropical Storm Senyar formed just north of the equator in the Strait of Malacca, the waterway between Indonesia’s Sumatra and the Malaysian peninsula – a rare occurrence that may have helped magnify the disaster as communities there weren’t used to experiencing cyclones, Tangang said.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Satellites in the geostationary belt (GEO) orbit 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above the equator.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the equator
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“The equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20equator. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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