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Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
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Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
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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.
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the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
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relating to the vicinity of the equator
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relating to an equinox (when the lengths or night and day are equal)
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(Q). Celestial equator as projected by the earth's equatorial plane.
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relating to or based on the equator, or relating to the equinox.
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