equinoctial line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of equinoctial line
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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It is unique likewise in its latitude, lying only fifteen miles below the equator; no other capital comes within three hundred miles of the equinoctial line.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
In this way he reached the territory on the equinoctial line, where are now Puerto Viejo and Manta.
From History of the Incas by Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham
Where Hadley obtains his "experience" he does not tell; but certain it is, that no sailor who ever crossed the equinoctial line could possibly have furnished him with two of his principal statements.
From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Basil Hall
As I have before stated, we sailed from Lisbon—which is nearly forty degrees distant from the equinoctial line towards the north—to this country, which is fifty degrees on the other side of the line.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick Albion Ober
We who reside in Lisbon, nearly forty degrees north of the equinoctial line, are distant from those who reside on the other side of the line, in angular meridional length, ninety degrees—that is, obliquely.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick Albion Ober
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