| 单词 | magnetic equator |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmagnetic equator b. magnetic equator, an irregular line, passing round the earth in the neighbourhood of the equator, on which the magnet has no dip; = aclinic line (see aclinic adj.). thermal equator, the imaginary line on the earth's surface which denotes the location of highest mean air temperature for a particular period. rainfall equator (see quot. 1927). ΚΠ 1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Magnetism iii. §98 The magnetic equator. 1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxx. 342 A line encircling the earth, called the magnetic equator. 1927 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents 45 In the south of Kamerun at about lat. 3° N. we find the rainfall ‘Equator’..where rain falls throughout the year, with two well-marked maxima at the equinoxes. 1930 Meteorol. Gloss. (Meteorol. Office) (ed. 2) 172. 1945 E. Bennett-Bremner Front-line Airline x. 65 Making due allowance for south-easterly winds to the inter-tropical front which lies on the thermal equator. < as lemmas |
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