💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Equinoctial colure"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| equinoctinalnoun | Synonym of equinoctial. |
| equinoctialnoun | The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator. |
| equinoxnoun | One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other. |
| equinoxial | (obsolete) Alternative form of equinoctial: of or related to the equinox. [(astronomy) Of or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.] |
| equinoctial linenoun | (obsolete, rare) the Equator |
| solstitial colurenoun | (astronomy) A meridian on the celestial sphere where the sun crosses it on solstices. |
| equinoctial circlenoun | celestial equator |
| æquinoctialnoun | Obsolete spelling of equinoctial. [The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator.] |
| equinoxenoun | Misspelling of equinox. [One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.] |
| autumnal equinoxnoun | (astronomy) The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting away from the observer, taking place in September in the northern hemisphere and March in the southern hemisphere. |
| vernal equinoxnoun | (astronomy) The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator while tilting towards the observer, taking place in March in the northern hemisphere (March equinox) and September in the southern hemisphere (September equinox). |
| celestial equatornoun | (astronomy) A great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of Earth's Equator. |
| colurenoun | (astronomy) Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices. |
| march equinox | The March equinox or northward equinox is the equinox on the Earth when the subsolar point appears to leave the Southern Hemisphere and cross the celestial equator, heading northward as seen from Earth. |
| southward equinoxnoun | The September equinox: the moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator while heading southward, occurring on September 22–23. That would be autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere and vernal equinox in the southern hemisphere. |
| spring equinoxnoun | (astronomy) vernal equinox |
| equatornoun | (geography, often “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres. |
| northward equinoxnoun | March equinox, when the sun crosses the equator while heading northward. |
| september equinox | The (or southward equinox) the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. |
| meridiannoun | (astronomy) In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface. |
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