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Equinox

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemous

Classifications

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
equinoctial point
plural
Equinoxes
possessive
Equinox's
pluralpossessive
Equinoxes'