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Equinox

Equinox Meaning & Definition
Equinox Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Equinox?

[n] (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
[n] either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

Synonyms | Synonyms for Equinox: equinoctial point

Related Terms | Find terms related to Equinox: aphelion | apogee | astronomical longitude | autumnal equinox | celestial equator | celestial longitude | celestial meridian | circle | colures | ecliptic | equator | equinoctial | equinoctial circle | equinoctial colure | galactic longitude | geocentric longitude | geodetic longitude | great circle | heliocentric longitude | longitude | meridian | orbit | perigee | perihelion | period | small circle | solstice | solstitial colure | summer solstice | trajectory | vernal equinox | winter solstice | zodiac | zone

See Also | autumnal equinox | autumnal equinox | celestial point | cosmic time | fall equinox | March equinox | September equinox | spring equinox | vernal equinox | vernal equinox

Equinox In Webster's Dictionary

\E"qui*nox\, n. [OE. equinoxium, equenoxium, L. aequinoctium; aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf. F. ['e]quinoxe. See {Equal}, and {Night}.] 1. The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See {Autumnal equinox}, {Vernal equinox}, under {Autumnal} and {Vernal}. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Stormwind of the equinox. --Longfellow. 2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [R.] --Dryden.

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