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| | | | | equinoctial | (adj) relating to the vicinity of the equator | | equinoctial | (adj) relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal) | | equinoctial point | (n) (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic, Syn. equinox | | celestial equator | (n) the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles, Syn. equinoctial circle, equinoctial, equinoctial line | | line storm | (n) a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox, Syn. equinoctial storm | | solar year | (n) the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes, Syn. astronomical year, equinoctial year, tropical year | | white-chinned petrel | (n) large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin, Syn. Procellaria aequinoctialis |
| | Equinoctial | a. [ L. aequinoctials, fr. aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. équinoxial. See Equinox. ] 1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. 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 ] 3. 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 ]
Equinoctial colure (Astron.), the meridian passing through the equinoctial points. --
Equinoctial line (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See Equator. [ 1913 Webster ] Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled. Milton. --
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. --
Equinoctial time (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Equinoctial | n. The equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Equinoctially | adv. Towards the equinox. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Interequinoctial | a. Coming between the equinoxes. [ 1913 Webster ] Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. F. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 中日 | [なかび, nakabi] (n) (1) China and Japan; (2) the middle day; (3) the equinoctial day; (P) #2,268 [Add to Longdo] | | 皇霊祭 | [こうれいさい, koureisai] (n) equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors [Add to Longdo] | | 彼岸 | [ひがん, higan] (n) (1) equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); (2) (abbr) (See 彼岸会) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; (3) { Buddh } (See 此岸) nirvana; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 彼岸会 | [ひがんえ, higan'e] (n) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week [Add to Longdo] | | 分点 | [ぶんてん, bunten] (n) (1) equinoctal point; equinoctial point; (2) division points (along lines) [Add to Longdo] |
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