せきどう
Meanings
Noun
1. 天の北極と天の南極の中間にあたる地点を結ぶ線。天の赤道。
天文学
2. 北極と南極の中間にあたる地点を結ぶ線。
地理学
Kanji used
red
roadway
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
low latitudes; equatorial region
equatorial telescope
Examples (6 in total)
The ship will cross the equator tonight.
That ship crossed the equator yesterday.
I crossed the equator for the first time on my trip to Australia.
The equator divides the globe into two hemispheres.
The earth is not symmetrical about the equator.
In Singapore, practically right on the equator, the rainy and dry seasons aren't very clear cut.