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equinox

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Noun

(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic

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

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autumnal equinox equinox fall equinox march equinox precession of the equinoxes september equinox spring equinox vernal equinox
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wintertime nowruz nowrooz noruz harvest moon equinoctial storm line storm easter aries the ram summertime more...

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