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2 definitions found 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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