equatorward

American  

[ih-kwey-ter-werd] / ɪˈkweɪ tər wərd /

Or equatorwards

adverb

1. toward the equator.

   a ship sailing equatorward.

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adjective

1. facing or tending toward the equator.

Etymology

Origin of equatorward

First recorded in 1870–75; equator + -ward

Example Sentences

There, equatorward winds cause near-surface water to move away from the coast.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

In summer, when the trades are extended polewards by the outflowing equatorward winds on the eastern side of the ocean anticyclones, mild, dry and nearly continuous fair weather prevails, with general northerly winds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

The steady southwesterly winds, however, would interfere with south-flowing surface currents, thus compelling the polar waters to find their way equatorward beneath the surface.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

Such mountains suggest a thrust in a north and south direction which is just what would happen if the solid mass of the earth were creeping first equatorward and then poleward.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

Hence the air which now is carried obliquely equatorward by those winds would be carried spirally northward into the cyclonic lows.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth