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equatorial

Equatorial is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter L for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the equator; as equatorial climates; also pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
(n.) An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other one of them parallel to the axis of the earth and each carrying a graduated circle the one for measuring declination and the other right ascension or the hour angle so that the telescope may be directed even in the daytime to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an equatorial telescope.

Syllable Information

The word equatorial is a 10 letter word that has 5 syllable 's . The syllable division for equatorial is: e-qua-to-ri-al


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