equatorial plane
collocation in Englishmeaningsofequatorialandplane
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equatorial
adjective
uk/ˌek.wəˈtɔː.ri.əl/us/ˌek.wəˈtɔːr.i.əl/
near the equator, or typical of places near ...
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plane
noun[C]
uk/pleɪn/us/pleɪn/
;
a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or ...
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(Definition ofequatorialandplanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The clustered chromosomes aggregated very closely and irregularly, whereas normal ones were arranged on theequatorialplanein a circle at regular intervals.
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The line of sight was 10m above theequatorialplane.
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In contrast to tangent resonance at banana tips, the tangent resonance in theequatorialplanedoes not necessitate that the parallel velocity cancels.
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All measurements were made in theequatorialplaneof the main chamber.
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The eyeballs were cut into halves in theequatorialplane.
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The origin of this coordinate system is at a point where an auroral field line crosses theequatorialplane.
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The incident plane is supposed to be theequatorialplane.
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This motivated the present examination of the separation process which occurs at theequatorialplaneof a sphere which is impulsively rotated.
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The physical meaning of such a solution is not immediately clear, since interaction effects invalidate the equations in the immediate vicinity of theequatorialplane.
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To measure the internal quality, each sampled fruit was cut in half along theequatorialplane.
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Let x4 be a point of the intersection of 2 with theequatorialplanepreviously defined.
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The middle layer further ejects a finite mass flow into the vicinity of theequatorialplane.
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In the latter, nucleoli are in close apposition in anequatorialplane.
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In the counter-rotating situation the secondary flow in the meridional plane always gives rise to toroidal vortices positioned symmetrically with respect to theequatorialplane.
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In contrast to these antisymmetric modes, the stability theory of modes that are mirror-symmetric with respect to theequatorialplaneis rather incomplete.
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However, for particles with toroidal bounce points near theequatorialplane, the other effects we have discussed can become more important.
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The total field initially decreases along theequatorialplaneas a function of distance into the plasma starting from the outside edge.
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The two drive wheels are separated by 90 in theequatorialplane.
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