Look up: equinoctial


  1. equinoctial
    [adj] - relating to the vicinity of the equator 2. [adj] - relating to an equinox (when the lengths or night and day are equal)
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  2. Equinoctial
    E`qui·noc'tial adjective [ Latin aequinoctials , from aequinoctium equinox: confer French équinoxial . See Equinox .] 1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/60

  3. Equinoctial
    E`qui·noc'tial noun The equinoctial line.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/60

  4. equinoctial
    1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. ... 2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun. ... 3. Pertaining to the time when the sun e...
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  5. equinoctial
    adjective relating to an equinox (when the lengths or night and day are equal)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=equinoctial

  6. Equinoctial
    • (a.) Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world. • (a.) Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the...
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  7. equinoctial
    equinoctial 1. A reference to a state of equal day and night. 2. The period or point of the equinox. 3. The celestial equator: so called because, when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1402/

  8. Equinoctial
    In astronomy the equinoctial is the circle in the heavens otherwise known as the celestial equator. When the sun is on the equator there is equal length of day and night over all the earth: hence the name equinoctial.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GE.HTM

  9. equinoctial
    1) Great circle
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/equinoctial/1

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