EQUATOR

n. E-kwa'to2r. Lat., cequator. Fr., equateur. Ger., A equator, Gleicher. A line dividing the surface of a sphere into two equal portions. E. of the chorion. An e. parallel to the blastoderm. [H.] E. of the eye. See JQUATOR OCULI. Magnetic e. Fr., equateur magnet i que. A line resulting from the revolution of the paths of the electric currents encircling the earth from east to west and everywhere perpendicular to the magnetic meridian. [B, 21 (a, 27).] EQUATORIAL., adj. E-kwas-to'ria-aal. Fr., equatoriel. Ger., aqua to rial. Pertaining to, coincident with, or parallel with an equator. [s. 738]