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equinoctial

[ ee-kwuh-nok-shuhl, ek-wuh- ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to an equinox or the equinoxes, or to the equality of day and night.
  2. pertaining to the celestial equator.
  3. occurring at or about the time of an equinox.
  4. Botany. (of a flower) opening regularly at a certain hour.


equinoctial

/ ˌiːkwɪˈnɒkʃəl /

adjective

  1. relating to or occurring at either or both equinoxes
  2. (of a plant) having flowers that open and close at specific regular times
  3. astronomy of or relating to the celestial equator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a storm or gale at or near an equinox
  2. another name for celestial equator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

equinoctial

/ ē′kwə-nŏkshəl,ĕk′wə- /

Adjective

  1. Relating to an equinox.
  2. Relating to the celestial equator.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of equinoctial1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin aequinoctiālis pertaining to the equinox. See equinox, -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of equinoctial1

C14: from Latin aequinoctiālis concerning the equinox
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Example Sentences

Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles.

I don't know if you remember that equinoctial gale that blew about the 18th or 19th.

She plunged into the chilly equinoctial darkness as the clock struck ten, for her fifteen miles' walk under the steely stars.

The next afternoon we crossed the equinoctial line in longitude 21 degrees 50 minutes west.

The 'kids' are two little stars which first rise in the evening towards the end of September, during the equinoctial gales.

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