vernal point
vernal equinox
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1525–35
1525–35
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| vernal equinox | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the time at which the sun crosses the plane of the equator towards the relevant hemisphere, making day and night of equal length. It occurs about March 21 in the N hemisphere (Sept 23 in the S hemisphere) |
| 2. | a. astronomy the point, lying in the constellation Pisces, at which the sun's ecliptic intersects the celestial equator |
| b. the time at which this occurs as the sun travels south to north (March 21) | |
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equinox
late 14c., from O.Fr. equinoxe, from M.L. equinoxium "equality of night (and day)," from L. aequinoctium, from aequus "equal" + nox (gen. noctis) "night." The O.E. translation was efnniht. Related: Equinoctial.
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