Word of the Day
aequator
Aequātor
Latin
English pronunciation/ˌiː.kwəˈtɔːɹ.i.əl/Latin original/ae̯ˈkwaː.tor/
“The equator is the 'equalizer' — the Latin word means the line that makes day and night equal, because on the equator, there are twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness every day of the year.”
Aequātor comes from aequare (to make equal), from aequus (equal). The equator is the imaginary line around the Earth where day and night are equal in length throughout the year. At the equinoxes, every point on Earth has roughly equal day and night. But on the equator, this equality holds year-round. The equator is the line of perpetual equinox.
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