1. the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis and everywhere equidistant from the poles. 2. the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. 3. a circle separating a surface into two congruent parts. 4. celestial equator. [1350â1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin aequÄtor, Latin: equalizer (of day and night, as when the sun crosses the equator).
For potable water use, galvanized iron piping was commonplace in the United States from the late 1800s until around 1960. After that period, copper piping took over, first soft copper with flared fittings, then with rigid copper tubing utilizing soldered fittings.oday, most plumbing supply pipe is made out of steel, copper, and plastic; most waste (also known as soil) out of steel, copper, plastic, and cast iron. The straight sections of plumbing systems are called pipes or tubes. A pipe is typically formed via casting or welding, whereas a tube is made through extrusion.
If all of the copper wiring in an average car were laid out, it would stretch 0.9 miles (1.5 km), according to the USGS. Pennies were made of pure copper only from 1783 to 1837. For most of the coin's history, it has been made of bronze (95 percent copper, with 5 percent tin and zinc). Today, pennies are 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper. People need copper in their diets.