subequatorialadj.
/ˌsʌbˌɛkwəˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌsəbˌɛkwəˈtɔriəl/ Designating regions immediately adjacent to equatorial regions, or, alternatively, regions which lie south of the equator; of, relating to, or inhabiting such regions.
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the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [adjective] > tropical
tropic1624
tropical1671
intertropical1794
intratropical1811
subequatorial1841
1841 W. C. L. Martin Gen. Introd. Nat. Hist. Mammiferous Animals 289 The multitudinous nations and tribes, spread over the continent of subequatorial Africa, the Hottentots excepted, are branches of the same stock.
1898 W. M. Davis & W. H. Snyder Physical Geogr. iii. 38 On both sides of the equator, in the narrow subequatorial belts..the winds alternately blow in opposite directions as the seasons change.
1935 H. H. Bashford Lodgings for Twelve 108 Apart from the excitements incident to the relief of Ladysmith and Mafeking, the Boer War—at any rate to the average undergraduate—was a sub-equatorial and not very important affair.
1994 Science 25 Feb. 1125/2 Deep, zonal subequatorial currents... Large-scale westward-extending tongues of warm (Pacific) and cold (Atlantic) water found between 2000 and 2000 meters both north and south of the equator.
2010 G. W. Cox Bird Migration & Global Change ix. Only twenty-eight Northern Hemisphere breeders winter in subequatorial South America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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