equinoctial line

American  

noun

1. celestial equator.

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Etymology

Origin of equinoctial line

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

When we had sailed for 300 leagues, being 3� to the south of the equinoctial line, a land was sighted 130 at a distance of twenty-two leagues, at which we were astonished.

From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las

On the contrary, while we were at the equinoctial line, or near it, the difference between the day and night was not perceptible.

From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion

It is also certain that some of his commanders passed the equinoctial line.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Such rivers abounded from the equinoctial line to the Gulf of St. Michael.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

This land is within the Torrid Zone, and beyond the equinoctial line on the south side, over which the Pole rises from the meridian 5�, beyond every climate.

From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las