1. equatorward - Adjective
2. equatorward - Adverb
equatorward (comparative more equatorward, superlative most equatorward)
toward the equator
The result is a circulation of the atmosphere that transports warm air poleward from the tropics and cold air equatorward from the poles. Source: Internet
This NADW tends to spill over sills that divide the Norwegian Sea from the North Atlantic Ocean and then flows to the west and equatorward in deep boundary currents. Source: Internet
The resulting Sverdrup transport is equatorward. Source: Internet
ULSW that remains in the DWBC dilutes as it moves equatorward. Source: Internet
When the vortex is strong, it keeps the cold, high pressure air masses "contained" in the arctic; when the vortex weakens, air masses move equatorward, and results in rapid changes of weather in the mid latitudes. Source: Internet