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# equatorial

«equatorial» in Mova's school dictionary: **Near the equator, the imaginary line around the middle of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Near the equator, the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#m1)

2) Typical of places near the equator: hot and often wet all year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, equatorial regions have rainforests and almost the same temperature and day length all year. Countries like Ecuador, Kenya and Indonesia have equatorial areas. In science, an equatorial orbit goes around the planet's middle. Phrases: «equatorial rainforest», «equatorial climate», «Equatorial Guinea».

### examples

- The Amazon has an equatorial climate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#x1)
- Equatorial rainforests get rain almost every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#x2)
- It is hot all year in equatorial countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#x3)
- Equatorial Guinea is a country in Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#x4)
- The satellite has an equatorial orbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#x5)
- Day and night are about twelve hours each in equatorial places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/#x6)

### note

Adjective from «equator». Pronounced «ek-wa-TOR-ee-al». Myth: not every equatorial place is low and hot; mountains near the equator, like Kilimanjaro, can have snow.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «equatorial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equatorial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.