equatorward
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "During the high-sun season the intertropical convergence zone with its thundershowery precipitation affects the areas much as it does in the Ar areas year-round; during the low-sun season the subtropical high pressure cells shift equatorward over the areas much as they occupy the subtropical desert areas on the poleward side of Aw areas year-round."
Etymology
Etymology tree English equator Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English equatorward From equator + -ward.
Inflected Forms
more equatorward (comparative)
most equatorward (superlative)
equator-ward (alternative)