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1. (n.) equinox
the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML equinoxium, for L aequinoctium=aequi-equi - +noct-, s. of noxnight+-ium -ium1)
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1. (noun) equinox
either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
2. (noun) equinoctial point, equinox
(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
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1. (noun) equinox
the time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal
2. (noun) equinox
equinoctial wind or storm
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Sense: the time when the sun crosses the equator, about March 21 and September 23.
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 Afrikaans: nagewening, dag-en-nag-ew |
 Arabic: الإعْتِدال الرَّبيعي أو ا |
 Bulgarian: равноденствие |
 Brazilian: equinócio |
 Czech: rovnodennost |
 German: die Tag– und Nachtgleiche |
 Danish: jævndøgn |
 Greek: ισημερία |
 Spanish: equinoccio |
 Estonian: võrdpäevsus |
 Farsi: اعتدالین؛ برابری شب و روز |
 Finnish: päiväntasaus |
 French: équinoxe |
 Hebrew: שִׁוויוֹן הַיוֹם וְהַלַיל |
 Hindi: विषुव |
 Croatian: ekvinocij |
 Hungarian: napéjegyenlőség |
 Indonesian: ekuinoks |
 Icelandic: jafndægur |
 Italian: equinozio |
 Japanese: 春 [] 分 |
 Korean: 주야 평분시 |
 Lithuanian: ekvinokcija |
 Latvian: ekvinokcija |
 Malay: ekuinoks |
 Dutch: nachtevening |
 Norwegian: jevndøgn |
 Polish: zrównanie dnia z nocą |
 Persian: اعتدالین؛ برابری شب و روز |
 Pashto: دشپى او ورځى دبرابرى وخت، |
 Portuguese: equinócio |
 Romanian: echinox |
 Russian: равноденствие |
 Slovak: rovnodennosť |
 Slovenian: enakonočje |
 Serbian: ravnodnevnica |
 Swedish: dagjämning |
 Thai: ช่วงที่เวลาในตอนกลางวันแล |
 Turkish: gün-tün eşitliği |
 Taiwanese: 春分(約3月21日)，秋分(約9月23日) |
 Ukrainian: рівнодення |
 Urdu: وہ وقت یا تاریخ جب سورج ا |
 Vietnamese: điểm phân |
 Chinese: 昼夜平分点，春分或秋分 |
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