'eccentric equator' definitions:

Definition of 'eccentric equator'

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  • Equant \E"quant\, n. [L. aequans, -antis, p. pr. of aequare: cf. F. ['e]quant. See Equate.] (Ptolemaic Astron.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator. [1913 Webster]