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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equinox \E"qui*nox\, n. [OE. equinoxium equenoxium L.
aequinoctium aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf F.
['e]quinoxe. See {Equal}, and {Night}.]
1. The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial
points, that is about March 21 and September 22. See
{Autumnal equinox}, {Vernal equinox}, under {Autumnal} and
{Vernal}.
When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Stormwind
of the equinox. --Longfellow.
2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [R.] --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
equinox
n 1: 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
2: (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the
celestial equator intersects the ecliptic [syn: {equinoctial
point}]
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