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Definitions for "Equinoctial"
Keywords:  equinox, equator, celestial, pertaining, night
Related Terms: Tropic of capricorn, Tropic of cancer, Arctic circle, Antarctic circle, Vernal equinox, Autumnal equinox, Tropic, North celestial pole, Circumpolar, Right ascension, Celestial poles, Antarctic, Summer solstice, Contraparallel, Winter solstice, Celestial equator, Celestial pole, Declination, Celestial globe, Solstice, South celestial pole, Hour circle, Equinox, Celestial sphere, Pole star, Armillary sphere, Tropics, Celestial coordinates, Equator, Polaris, Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere, Hemisphere, Equatorial, Hour angle, Descending node, Ascending node, Spring equinox, Culmination, Astrolabe, Horizon, Precession of the equinoxes, Mean sun, North pole, Obliquity of the ecliptic, Parallel of latitude, South pole, Solar noon, Equatorial orbit, Polar orbit
Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
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Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
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Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.
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