'Magnetic equator' definitions:
Definition of 'magnetic equator'
From: WordNet
noun
An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip [syn: aclinic line, magnetic equator]
Definition of 'Magnetic equator'
From: GCIDE
- Equator \E*qua"tor\, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. ['e]quateur equator. See Equate.]
- 1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line. [1913 Webster]
- Equator of the sun or Equator of a planet (Astron.), the great circle whose plane passes through through the center of the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution.
- Magnetic equator. See Aclinic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'magnetic equator'
From: GCIDE
- magnetic equator \magnetic equator\ n. An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal; called also aclinic line. [WordNet 1.5]