Equinox
nounid
52555·updated May 18, 2026verified
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
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- equinoctial point
- plural
- Equinoxes
- possessive
- Equinox's
- pluralpossessive
- Equinoxes'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
- §2
- 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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- 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 lengthDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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