e·qua·tor·ward

[ih-kwey-ter-werd]
adverb
1.
toward the equator: a ship sailing equatorward.
adjective
2.
facing or tending toward the equator.
Also, e·qua·tor·wards.


Origin:
1870–75; equator + -ward

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