What is another word for equinoctial?

Pronunciation: [ˈɛkwɪnˌɒkʃə͡l] (IPA)

Equinoctial refers to something related to the equinox or an equator. It can also connote a point of time when day and night are of equal length, or the time of year when this occurs. There are several synonyms for equinoctial, including spring equinox, vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, and fall equinox. These terms refer to different points in the year when the length of the day and night is approximately the same. Equinoctial can also be used to describe something related to the equator, tropical, or subtropical regions. Other synonyms for equinoctial include balanced, even, equal, steady, or level.

What are the hypernyms for Equinoctial?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Equinoctial

But when he and Mrs. Nightingale found themselves alone in the road, enjoying the delicious west wind that meant before the morning to become an equinoctial gale, and blow down chimney-pots and sink ships, he turned to her and went back to what they had been talking of.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
A heavy equinoctial storm had raged for two days before, and it would have been no surprise had the incomplete works suffered.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
Another name for the Celestial Equator is the equinoctial.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper

Famous quotes with Equinoctial

  • It is not a certain conformity of manners that the painting of Van Gogh attacks, but rather the conformity of institutions themselves. And even external nature, with her climates, her tides, and her equinoctial storms, cannot, after Van Gogh’s stay upon earth, maintain the same gravitation.
    Antonin Artaud

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