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What does equator mean?

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Noun
  1. (Equator) An imaginary great circle around the Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.
  2. (astronomy) A similar great circle on any sphere, especially on a celestial body, or on other reasonably symmetrical three-dimensional body.
  3. A short form of the celestial equator.
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The force of magnetism, or magnetic field, is much stronger at the magnet poles than around the equator.
The atmosphere rotates with periods ranging from over 18 hours near the equator to faster than 13 hours near the poles.
From the equator she will sail past the Cape of Good Hope and then to Cape Leeuwin in Australia.
Easterly winds predominate near the equator and also in the lower atmosphere at the poles.
The Sun spins once on its axis once every 25 days at its equator, carrying sunspots around.
Let L be the earth's equator and let x be a point in the northern hemisphere.

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