Æquator

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1734,, Maupertuis, An Examination of Dr. Burnet’s Theory of the Earth, page 93:
 * That is a Body in the Æquator does preſs leſs towards the Centre than at the Pole where there is no centrifugal force to leſſen its gravity.
 * That is a Body in the Æquator does preſs leſs towards the Centre than at the Pole where there is no centrifugal force to leſſen its gravity.