equatorial sector

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• Equatorial

  ·adj Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial ins...

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• sector

  sector, ōris, m. [seco], one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.). I Lit.: zonarius, ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• sector

  sector (1) ōris, m 2 SAC-, one who cuts, a cutter : sectores collorum et bonorum, cutthroats and ...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Sector

  ·noun A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc. II. Sector ·noun An a...

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• sector

  See dip-sector. ...

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• equatorial current

  The set, chiefly westerly, so frequently met with near the equator, especially in the Atlantic Ocean...

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• equatorial doldrums

  See doldrums. ...

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• equatorial telescope

  A glass so mounted that it enables the observer to follow the stars as they move equatorially. ...

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• dip-sector

  An ingenious instrument for measuring the true dip of the horizon, invented by Dr. Wollaston, and ve...

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