equinoctial line

American  

noun

1. celestial equator.

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Etymology

Origin of equinoctial line

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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equinoctial line

They begin at that of Bachan, which is on the equinoctial line, and extend north and south.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

The two first stars named are exactly on what is called the equinoctial line.

From The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen by Finlay, Roger Thompson

Having laid in our provisions, we commenced our navigation with a southeasterly wind, on the 15th of February, when the sun was already approaching the equinoctial line, and tending towards this, our northern hemisphere.

From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion

Southwestward toward the equinoctial line He steered his barks, for vast was his design.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)

We ran for five days, always coming towards the equinoctial line, where the air and sea became more temperate.

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