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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Warm water travels west along the equator, then turns toward the poles.
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Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
As the planet warms, the Arctic is heating up at more than twice the global average rate, and that is reducing the equator-to-pole temperature difference.
—Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
The cycle swings between warmer and cooler seawater in a region along the equator in the tropical Pacific.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
The cycle swings between warmer and cooler seawater in a region along the equator in the tropical Pacific.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
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Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
As the planet warms, the Arctic is heating up at more than twice the global average rate, and that is reducing the equator-to-pole temperature difference.
—Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
The cycle swings between warmer and cooler seawater in a region along the equator in the tropical Pacific.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
The cycle swings between warmer and cooler seawater in a region along the equator in the tropical Pacific.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
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“The equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20equator. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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