equatoriallyadv.
/ɛkwəˈtɔːrɪəli//iːkwəˈtɔːrɪəli/ In an equatorial direction or position.
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equinoctially1646
equatorially1802
equatorwards1875
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. viii. 101 It is occasionally requisite, that the object end of the instrument be moved up and down, as well as horizontally, or equatorially.
1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 41 Some arranged themselves axially, and others equatorially.
1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. 224 An eight-inch telescope, equatorially mounted.
1875 J. Croll Climate & Time vi. 113 The cool and heavy water of the polar basin..would flow equatorially with equal velocity.
1889 J. S. Burdon-Sanderson in Nature 26 Sept. 529 Suppose that..the catalyzable material..is accumulated equatorially.
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