Equinoctial
[,iːkwɪ'nɒkʃ(ə)l;,ekwɪ-] or [,ikwɪ'nɑkʃl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal) .
(adj.) relating to the vicinity of the equator .
Edited by Denny--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
(a.) Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
(a.) 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.
(n.) The equinoctial line.
Typist: Ruben
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Celestial equator, equinoctial line.
a. [1]. Of the equinoctial.[2]. At the time of the equinoxes.
Editor: Rebekah
Examples
- It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales had set in with exceptional violence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Very long and very severe were the equinoctial gales that year. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- HALF England was desolate, when October came, and the equinoctial winds swept over the earth, chilling the ardours of the unhealthy season. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But the equinoctial gales were blowing out at sea, and the impartial south-west wind, in its flight, would not neglect even the narrow Marshalsea. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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