equinox

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Of course, the time around the equinox is a great period for contemplating time-acceleration theory, such as brushing up on the importance of Day Six of the Galactic Underworld and the previous Day Sixes of the earlier Underworlds.

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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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  • Your equinox is on March the 21st, ours on the l0th, and the astronomers say we are both wrong; sometimes it is we who are wrong and sometimes you, as the equinox varies. —  Russia and Poland
  • The week of the equinox is always regrettably a little predictable as far as the weather in concerned due to the stronger winds coming in form the west but given that —  Eriska, Scottish Island
  • Only 52 days until vernal equinox, the first official day of spring. —  The Enterprise Home RSS
  • The equinox is the beginning of longer nights and cooler days in the Northern Hemisphere. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • But the autumnal equinox was approaching, so all seven of us stood in a circle holding hands. —  Home | The New York Observer
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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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