赤道
せきどう
equator; non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun, No-adjective
equatorNoun
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
Example sentences
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The ship will cross the equator tonight.
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That ship crossed the equator yesterday.
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The capital of the state is right on the equator.
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The equator divides the globe into two hemispheres.
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The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.
More examples (7)
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The earth is not symmetrical about the equator.
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Distance per degree of longitude at equator.
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Quito, Ecuador, is a little south of the equator.
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I crossed the equator for the first time on my trip to Australia.
ほぼ赤道直下にあるシンガポールでは、雨季・乾季があまり明瞭ではない。
In Singapore, practically right on the equator, the rainy and dry seasons aren't very clear cut.
赤道近くの狭い地域にある熱帯雨林は、急速にその姿を消しつつあり、2000年までにはその80%が消滅してしまうかもしれない。
The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.
太陽熱は、他のどのエネルギー源より大きな希望を抱かせるが、それには特に、水が最も不足する地帯が赤道におおむね近く、空気も比較的きれいだという理由もある。
Solar energy seems to offer more hope than any other source of energy, particularly because those areas most in need of water lie rather close to the equator and have a relatively clear atmosphere.