Equatorial Synonyms and Antonyms

ē'kwə-tôr'ē-əl, ĕk'wə-

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Synonyms for Equatorial

torrid
Dried by or subjected to intense heat, esp. of the sun; scorched; parched; arid
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central
Having dominant or controlling power or influence:
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tropical
Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
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Antonyms for Equatorial

polar
Measured from or referred to a pole:
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Words Related to Equatorial

hot
Violent; raging:
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upwelling
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tropic
tropics. The region of the Earth lying between these latitudes. The tropics are generally the warmest and most humid region of the Earth.
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equatorward
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equator
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Equatorial Sentence Examples

  • The concentration of these substances is least in the warm equatorial seas and greatest near the poles.

  • From the surface to 500 fathoms the general form of the isothermals remains the same, except that instead of an equatorial maximum belt there is a focus of maximum temperature off the eastern coast of the United States.

  • A map was attached on which several great equatorial lakes are shown, and the empire of Monomwezi or Unyamwezi is laid down.

  • The North Equatorial Current is due to the action of the north-east trades.

  • Buchanan pointed out in 1876, that the great contrasts in surface salinity between the tropical maxima and the equatorial minima give place at the moderate depth of 200 fathoms to a practically uniform salinity in all parts of the ocean.

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