Equator

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Equator

Equator : நிலநடுக்கோடு, பூமத்திய ரேகை

Equator : நிலநடுக்கோடு,நிலநடுக்கோடு,பூமத்திய ரேகை,பூமத்திய ரேகை

Equator : பூ மத்திய ரேகை

Equator definition

Noun.

  1. The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
  2. The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line.