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Equinoctial

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

e=qui=noc=tial

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Equinoctial has 1 sense

equinoctial(n = noun.location) celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line - the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles;

is a kind of great circle

Derived form adjective equinoctial₁

Adjective Equinoctial has 2 senses

equinoctial(a = adj.pert) - relating to the vicinity of the equator;

Derived form noun

equinoctial₁

equinoctial(a = adj.pert) - relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal);

Derived form noun

equinox₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Equinoctial, a. [L. aequinoctials, fr. aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. équinoxial. See Equinox.].

Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. [1913 Webster]
Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled."

Equinoctial, n.

The equinoctial line. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Equinoctial, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 happening at or near the time of an equinox (equinoctial gales).
2 of or relating to equal day and night.
3 at or near the (terrestrial) equator.
--n. (in full equinoctial line) = celestial equator.

Idiom

equinoctial point the point at which the ecliptic cuts the celestial equator (twice each year at an equinox). equinoctial year see YEAR.

Etymology

ME f. OF equinoctial or L aequinoctialis (as EQUINOX)

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Table of Contents -- Nodal POS
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Nodal

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

nod=al

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Nodal, a.

Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point. [1913 Webster]

Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.

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