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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

/ 藢颈藧办飞瑟藞苍蓲办蕛蓹濒 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

equinoctial

Adjective

  1. Relating to an equinox.
  2. Relating to the celestial equator.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍顎卼别谤路别顎卶耻颈路苍辞肠顎僼颈补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of equinoctial1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Latin 补别辩耻颈苍辞肠迟颈腻濒颈蝉 pertaining to the equinox. See equinox, -al 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of equinoctial1

C14: from Latin 补别辩耻颈苍辞肠迟颈腻濒颈蝉 concerning the equinox
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What the local newspaper called a 鈥渟tiff breeze,鈥 the national Daily Mail called 鈥渆quinoctial gales.鈥

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One bright and fragrant spring day鈥攁s if on a wild equinoctial whim鈥擧olmes suggested that Minnie invite her sister to Chicago to see the world鈥檚 fair, at his expense.

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The inner bark of that red willow is the main ingredient used to make tobacco for the equinoctial Sacred Pipe ceremony, which is meant to rekindle the sacred fire of life on Earth.

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Soon, he recalls, he reached out through the pages of the Baker Street Journal and began to correspond with other young readers all over the world, seeking 鈥渃ompanionship amid the equinoctial gales of early adolescence.鈥

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Hipparchus, whose work primarily took place between 147 and 127 B.C., proposed dividing the day into 24 equinoctial hours, based on the 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness observed on equinox days.

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