equinoctial circle

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. celestial equator.

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equinoctial circle British  

noun

1. another name for celestial equator

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equinoctial circle Scientific  

1. See celestial equator

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Etymology

Origin of equinoctial circle

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Moreover, this could be done more accurately if an astrolabe were constructed with a network on which the entire equinoctial circle was divided up.

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Such were not the opinions of the ancients, who imagined that the equinoctial circle was devoid of inhabitants because of the perpendicular rays of the sun.

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Where the equinoctial circle cuts the zodiac in its centre.

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This is just, quoth Panurge, like those who, as Galen tells us, cannot erect the cavernous nerve towards the equinoctial circle unless they are soundly flogged.

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The above-mentioned intersection of the equinoctial circle and the zodiac. v.

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