How to Use equator in a Sentence

equator

noun

• Again, the Ethiopian Ocean is west of Africa and south of the equator.
  — Mary Alexander, Quartz, 2 May 2021
• But first SpaceX had to find a launch site near the equator.
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
• The oil palm plant grows best at ten degrees to the north and south of the equator.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2021
• Cut the melon in half through the equator and stand up with the cut side down.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020
• The clouds moved fastest around Venus' equator, where the heat from the sun is the most intense.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020
• As the dry season moves south, away from the equator, the fires come with it.
  — Daniel Wolfe, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020
• For now, it's expected to hit the far side of the Moon near the equator on March 4.
  — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 27 June 2022
• It’s the only species of penguin found north of the equator.
  — Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2022
• They are found in all deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of the pack ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
  — al, 23 Nov. 2020
• The donut shape follows the equator, leaving the North and South Poles free.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2020
• The Earth’s rotation moves winds west to east around the globe and from the equator toward the poles.
  — USA Today, 12 Sep. 2022
• March 20, also known as the spring equinox, marks the day when the sun crosses the equator and heads north.
  — Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2022
• Turns out the Twin Cities, equidistant from the North Pole and the equator, have some of the world’s most volatile weather.
  — Melanie D.g. Kaplan / Washington Post, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
• Then much of the warm surface water heads east, along the equator.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
• And any microbes and critters the ships picked up near the equator would be dumped, too.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2019
• The rover will land at Oxia Planum, an area just north of the Martian equator.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
• On a slow spinner, however, winds could flow all the way from the equator to the poles.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 9 June 2021
• For people south of the equator, this equinox signals the coming of spring.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021
• The equinox is the moment the sun's rays shine directly on Earth's equator.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
• An equinox occurs when the sun lines up so that the equator bisects it.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020
• All spots north of the equator will have less than 12 hours of daylight today.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 21 Dec. 2021
• Meanwhile, south of the equator, spring is about to begin.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
• With the passing of the autumn equinox late last month, those of us who live far from the equator feel the change in the balance of day and night.
  — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
• On or near the equator, the light can be seen before dawn and after dusk throughout the year.
  — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• They can be raised anywhere: from the Arctic to the equator, on prairies, in deserts and on mountains.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2019
• Because the Earth bulges in the middle, mountains along the equator are farther from the core.
  — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2020
• At this point, the center of the sun was shining directly on the Earth’s equator.
  — Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
• That’s the day of the Autumnal Equinox, one of two days when the sun is located just above the Earth’s equator.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2019
• The flock of rocks would eventually settle into orbit, forming a neat ring around the planet’s equator.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
• This equinox happens when the sun, traveling from south to north, crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary plane that extends out into space from the Earth’s equator.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024