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Torrid vs Equatorial - What's the difference?

torrid | equatorial | Related terms |

Torrid is a related term of equatorial.


As adjectives the difference between torrid and equatorial

is that torrid is very hot and dry while equatorial is equatorial.

torrid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very hot and dry.
  • Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
  • Full of difficulty.

    • Derived terms

    * torrid zone

    equatorial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, near, or relating to the equator
    • That plant is best suited to equatorial climates.

    Derived terms

    * Equatorial Guinea

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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 declination are known.