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equinoctial

Syllabification: (e·qui·noc·tial)

Definition of equinoctial

adjective

  • happening at or near the time of an equinox.
  • of or relating to equal day and night.
  • at or near the equator.

noun

(also equinoctial line or equinoctial circle)

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'relating to equal periods of day and night'): via Old French from Latin aequinoctialis, from aequinoctium (see equinox)

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