the equator

noun

: an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth that is the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole

The city of Quito, Ecuador, lies very close to the equator.

Examples of the equator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Warm water slowly moves along the equator, towards South, Central and North America and can raise sea level for months. — Simmone Shah, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

As an El Niño develops, the typical east-to-west trade winds along the equator weaken or even reverse. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Traveling east along the equator, the Kelvin wave hits Peru and Ecuador first before bouncing off the coast and moving north toward British Columbia and south toward Chile. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

The flip side of El Niño is a La Niña, which is marked by relatively cool water in the tropical Pacific around the equator. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the equator

• activator
• actuator
• agitator
• alligator
• allocator
• alternator
• animator
• annotator
• applicator
• arbitrator
• aspirator
• aviator