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.

Examples of the equator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Santiago is about as far south of the equator — 33 degrees — as Dallas or Charleston, South Carolina is north of it, and is of a similar latitude to cities such as Cape Town and Melbourne, Australia. —Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026

The presence of La Niña or El Niño is solely determined by the water temperature of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, near the equator. —Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026

Standard horizontal trackers lose efficiency far from the equator, but VajaTrack maximizes energy capture beyond 30° latitude — covering Europe, North America, and much of Asia. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026

But the blooms occurred farther south in 2011, along the equator in the tropical Atlantic. —Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the equator

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