celestial equator

1. 1.

   the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles

   Synonymsequinoctial circleequinoctial lineequinoctial

   Broadergreat circle

Questions about celestial equator

What does celestial equator mean?

celestial equator means "the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles".

What is another word for celestial equator?

Close synonyms include equinoctial circle, equinoctial line, equinoctial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is celestial equator a common word?

celestial equator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.