| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. Towards the equinox.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective equinoctial.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (equinoctial) | 1. Relating to the vicinity of the equator.[Wordnet]. 2. Relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal).[Wordnet]. 3. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.[Websters]. 4. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.[Websters]. 5. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.[Websters]. 6. Being equatorial, tropical or tropic.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Seldom used base adjective of the adverb equinoctially.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EQUINOCTIALLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EQUINOCTIALLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] In the direction of the equinox. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: equinoctial
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Equinoctial circle | The great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Equinoctial colure | (Astron.), the meridian passing through the equinoctial points. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Equinoctial line | The great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Equinoctial point | (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Equinoctial points | (Astron.), the two points where the celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point of Libra. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Equinoctial storm | A violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Equinoctial time | (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Equinoctial year | The time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: equinoctial
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Diagram on the plane of the equinoctial | Meteorology & Standards | A diagram in which the celestial equator appears as a circle, and celestial meridians and hour circles as radial lines. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Equinoctial colure | Aerospace | That great circle of the celestial sphere through the celestial poles and equinoxes; the hour circle of the vernal equinox. (references) | |
| Equinoctial day | Aerospace | = sidereal day. (references) | |
| Equinoctial point | Aerospace | One of the two points of intersection of the ecliptic and the celestial equator. Also called equinox. (references) | |
| Equinoctial rain | Geography | Rains regularly occurring in most equatorial regions about the epochs of the equinoxes. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Equinoctial spring tide | Electrical Engineering | The Tides which occur at the spring and autumn equinoxes and which are usually the highest and the lowest of the year. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Equinoctial system of coordinates | Aerospace | = celestial equator system of coordinates. (references) | |
| Equinoctial year | Aerospace | = tropical year. (references) | |
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