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Word: Equinoctial
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to equal periods of day and night’): via Old French from Latin aequinoctialis, from aequinoctium (see equinox)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌiːkwɪˈnɒkʃl
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɛkwɪˈnɒkʃl
Dialects: British English
Short Definition:
celestial equator
Variant Forms:
- equinoctial line
- equinoctial circle
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