equinox
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They say that the vernal equinox, which is now, comes sooner because the year doesn't have an even number of days, at least on the calendars.
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- noun Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
- noun Either of the two times during a year when the sun crosses the celestial equator and when the length of day and night are approximately equal; the vernal equinox or the autumnal equinox.
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Technically, the equinox is the instant when the sun appears directly over the equator, but Saturn's situation gives the rings an extended twilight.
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They say that the vernal equinox, which is now, comes sooner because the year doesn't have an even number of days, at least on the calendars.
— CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2008 -
Considering the natural difficulties of the coast, and that the equinox was at hand, the numerical disparity was not absolutely desperate.
— St George's Cross
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- Middle English, from Old French equinoxe, from Medieval Latin aequinoxium, from Latin aequinoctium : aequi-, equi- + nox, noct-, night; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (ēˈkwə-nŏksˌ, ĕkˈwə-)/
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