EQUINOX
\ˈɛkwɪnˌɒks], \ˈɛkwɪnˌɒks], \ˈɛ_k_w_ɪ_n_ˌɒ_k_s]\
Definitions of EQUINOX
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The precise time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, or the first point of Aries, about the 21st of March, and the first point of Libra, about the 23d of September, making the day and the night of equal length; these are called respectively the vernal and autumnal equinoxes: equinoctial gale. anything equal; an equal measure (rare).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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One of two points at which the sun crosses the equator, when the days and nights are equal; also, the time of this crossing (about Mar. 21 and Sept. 22).
By James Champlin Fernald
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