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
   The Tides which occur at the spring and autumn equinoxes and which are usually the highest and the lowest of the year. Category: Electrical engineering and energy • rains regularly occurring in most equatorial regions about the epochs of the equinoxes. Category: The cosmos
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3. 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 ...
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4. Equinoctial
   E`qui·noc'tial noun The equinoctial line.
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5. 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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6. equinoctial
   adjective relating to an equinox (when the lengths or night and day are equal)
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7. 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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8. 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.
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9. 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.
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