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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  1. noun Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
  2. 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.
  • 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
  • But to connect the spring new moon with the day when the sun has returned to the equinox is a more difficult and complicated matter. —  The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
  • And now the season of the equinox was approaching, when the monsoons change, and all the winds that sweep over these seas alter their courses. —  Cord and Creese
 

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  1. 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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  1. (Middle English equinoxium, plural equinoxiis, from L.) from French équinoxe, formerly equinocce = Provencal equinocci = Spanish Portuguese equinoccio = Italian equinozio, from Latin æquinoctium, the equinox, from æquus, equal, + nox (noct-) = English night: see night.
 

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