Equatorial
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Equatorial generally means "of or related to an equator".
Equatorial may refer specifically to:
Places[edit]
- Equatorial region, a region of the Earth surrounding the equator
- Equatorial Islands, an alternative name for the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean
- Equatorial Africa, an ambiguous term for part of Africa near the equator
- Equatorial Guinea, a country in Central Africa
- Equatorial Sudan, an older name for Equatoria named after the historical Sudan region
- French Equatorial Africa, a federation of French colonial possessions: French Gabon, French Congo, Oubangui-Chari, French Chad, and French Cameroon
Astronomy[edit]
- Equatorial plane, a plane in the celestial sphere defined by the Earth's equator
- Equatorial coordinate system, a celestial coordinate system defined by the Earth's equatorial plane
- Equatorial orbit, a gravitational orbit in the equatorial plane
- Equatorial mount for a telescope
Industry[edit]
- Equatorial Congo Airlines, a defunct airline named after the Équateur province and the historical Congo region
Other sciences[edit]
- Equatorial bond, a chemical bond positioned nearly parallel to the mean plane of a ring-structured molecule
- Equatorial climate, in climatology and meteorology
See also[edit]
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