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

The unusual trajectory aligned the Falcon 9 with a perfectly polar orbit at an inclination of 90 degrees to the equator, bringing the four-person crew directly over the North or South Pole every 45 minutes. —ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025

Powerful auroras reaching Mexico could therefore suggest countries closer to the equator are more at risk from solar storms than first thought. —Tom Brown, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2025

Not only are the polar regions invisible to astronauts on the International Space Station, but to see them from a spacecraft requires a flight path that isn’t as close to the equator, as is the norm. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025

Around 2011, sargassum blooms started to shift south, closer to the equator. —Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for the equator

• activator
• actuator
• agitator
• alligator
• allocator
• alternator
• animator
• annotator
• applicator
• arbitrator
• aspirator
• aviator