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# equator

noun (the equator; the Equator)

«equator» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#m1)
2. It divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography the equator is the line of latitude 0 degrees on maps and globes. Places near the equator are hot all year, with no real winter, and days and nights are about the same length. The seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are opposite: when it is summer in the UK, Canada and the USA, it is winter in Australia and New Zealand. Phrases: on the equator, north of the equator, south of the equator, cross the equator.

### Examples

- The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x1)
- Countries near the equator are hot all year round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x2)
- Australia is south of the equator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x3)
- The UK, Ireland and Canada are north of the equator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x4)
- Rainforests grow near the equator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x5)
- The equator is about 40,000 kilometres long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x6)
- You can't see the equator on the ground; it's only drawn on maps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x7)
- When the ship crossed the equator, the sailors had a party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x8)
- When you’re south of the Sticky Water \[he meant the Equator\] and your tail tingles, that means there’s a gale in front of you and you must head north. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/#x9)

### Note

Usually «the equator» with «the». It is imaginary: there is no real line on the ground (though some places have painted lines for visitors). Myth: water does not reliably swirl the opposite way down drains on each side of the equator; sinks are too small for that.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «equator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equator/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«equator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/equator.html) on Mova free.