amphiequatorial etymology

English word amphiequatorial comes from English equatorial, English amphi- (Both.)

Detailed word origin of amphiequatorial

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
equatorial English (eng) (astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and [...]
amphi- English (eng) Both.
amphiequatorial English (eng) (biology) That lives on either side of the equator.

Words with the same origin as amphiequatorial

Descendants of equatorial
Equatorial Guinea
Descendants of amphi-
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