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  1. Equinox
    [opera] Equinox is a Slovene-language opera by the Slovenian composer Marjan Kozina. Based on a play by the Croatian writer Ivo Vojnović, it was first performed in Ljubljana on May 2, 1946. ...
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  2. Equinox
    [standard] "Equinox" is a jazz standard by John Coltrane. It was originally released on Coltrane`s Sound. It has been covered by Jessica Williams, Dave Valentin, Rhoda Scott, Hubert Laws, the last three feature the flute. The Band Clutch has also covered the song, it appears on their 2009 re...
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  3. Equinox
    [Sérgio Mendes album] Equinox is the second album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil `66, with vocalists Lani Hall and Janis Hansen. ==Track listing== ==Album credits== ===Performance Credits=== ===Technical Credits=== ...
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  4. Equinox
    [1986 video game] Equinox is an action video game developed by Mikro-Gen in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. == Gameplay == In the game you control a Dedicated Disposal Droid that must harvest the planet Sury Ani 7. However, there is a security system of defence droids...
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  5. Equinox
    [OSGi] Equinox is an Eclipse project that provides a certified implementation of the OSGi R4.x core framework specification. As such, Equinox is a module runtime that allows developers to implement an application as a set of "bundles" using common services and infrastructure. Equinox started...
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  6. Equinox
    [celestial coordinates] In astronomy, equinox is a moment in time at which the vernal point, celestial equator, and other such elements are taken to be used in the definition of a celestial coordinate system. The position at other equinoxes can be computed by taking into account precession, ...
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  7. Equinox
    [electro-industrial band] Equinox is the name of an electro-industrial/drum`n`bass musical project, featuring Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson of Front Line Assembly. Equinox released one album, Holon, in 1998. ==Discography== ...
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  8. Equinox
    [novel] Equinox is a 1973 novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is Delany`s first published foray into explicitly sexual material. It tells of a series of erotic and violent encounters in a small American seaport following the arrival of an African-American sea captain. It is a non science fiction ...
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  9. Equinox
    [band] Equinox was a thrash metal band from Fredrikstad, Norway that started in 1987. The initial band members were Grim Stene (guitar/vocals), Ragnar `Raggen` Westin (drums) and Skule Stene (bass guitar) who were all ex-Rebellion members. In 1988 Tommy Skarning joined as a second guitarist....
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  10. Equinox
    [TV series] Equinox was a long-running Channel 4 popular science and documentary programme. The series ran from 1986 to 2001, originally aired on a weekly basis. The number of films per series fell over the years, from eighteen one-hour films a year originally to twelve by the late 1990s. Th...
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  11. Equinox
    [comics] Equinox (Terrance Sorenson) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in publications from Marvel Comics. ==Publication history== Equinox, the Thermodynamic Man, first appeared in Marvel Team-Up vol. 1 #23 (July, 1974), and was created by Len Wein and Gil Kane. He also appe...
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  12. Equinox
    [Atari demogroup] Equinox is a French demogroup with an active period between the years 1988-2007. Equinox was first an Atari ST demoscene crew, famous for the Pupul intro, an Atari conversion of the Amiga DOC demo. Till 1991 they made various intros then from 1991 to 1999 they released one ...
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  13. Equinox
    [film] Equinox is a 1970 American horror film. Originally made in 1967 under the title The Equinox... A Journey into the Supernatural it was directed by Dennis Muren, and stars Edward Connell as Dave, Barbara Hewitt as Susan Turner, Frank Bonner as Jim Hudson and award-winning science fictio...
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  14. Equinox
    [Amiga demogroup] Equinox is an Amiga demo group with an active period between the years 1987-1996. The name Equinox was not used from the beginning. In the early days we were called The Powerlords, or sometimes The Powerlords Corporation, which consisted of sections in Sweden, Norway and th...
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  15. Equinox
    [disambiguation] An equinox in astronomy is the event when the Sun can be observed to be directly above the equator. Equinox may also refer to: ==Astronomy== ==Companies== ==Computing== ==Entertainment and media== ==Places== ==Sport== ==Transportation== ...
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  16. Equinox
    The equinoxes are times at which the center of the Sun is directly above the Earth's equator. The day and night would be of equal length at that time, if the Sun were a point and not a disc, and if there were no atmospheric refraction. Given the apparent disc of the Sun, and the Earth's atmospheric refraction, day and night actually become equal at a point within a few days of each equinox. The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, and the autumnal equinox mark…
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  17. Equinox
    Roughly March 22 and September 22, when day and night are equal in length. They are celebrated (in the northern hemisphere) as the Sabbats of Eostara and Mabon.
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  18. Equinox
    Event which occurs twice a year when the sun is exactly over the Earth`s center, the Equator. On this day the hours of light and darkness are equal in length.
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  19. equinox
    [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
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  20. Equinox
    The equinoxes are the two points at which the ecliptic intersects with the celestial equator. The Vernal equinox (or First Point of Aries) is where the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator from south to north, the Sun reaches this point around the 21st March. The opposite equinox, the autumnal equ...
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  21. Equinox
    This is the time when the Sun crosses the celestial equator. There are two equinoxes; Vernal (Spring), around March 21st and Autumnal (Autumn) around September 23rd. On these dates, day and night are equal. Actual dates and times vary due to the Earth's precession.
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  22. equinox
    the moment when, or the point at which, the sun apparently crosses the celestial Equator Category: The cosmos
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  23. Equinox
    The date and time when the sun crosses the equator. On that day, the daytime and nightime are both very close to 12 hours. This happens about March 21 and September 21. Many religious holy days are synchronized to the equinoxes, including the Jewish Passover, and Christian Easter.
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  24. Equinox
    E'qui·nox noun [ Middle English equinoxium , equenoxium , Latin aequinoctium ; aequus equal + nox , noctis , night: confer French équinoxe . See Equal , and Night .] 1. The ti...
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  25. equinox
    noun 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
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This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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