equatorial

adj
/ˌɛkwəˈtɔːɹiəl/

Definitions

  1. Of, near, or relating to the equator.

    • That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.
  2. Relating to the midline of any approximately spherical object.

  3. of a bond, lying approximately in the plane of a ring, perpendicular to its axis

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each…

      A kind of telescope mounted so 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, 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 neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at equatorial. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at equatorial. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at equatorial

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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