What is the difference between equinoctial and equinox?
equinoctial | equinox |
Of or relating to an equinox.
(astronomy) Of or relating to a celestial or terrestrial equator.
Relating to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points.
The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator.
*, III.2.1.ii:
*:The scorching beams under the equinoctial , or extremity of cold within the circle Arctic, […] cannot avoid or expel this heat, fury, and rage of mortal men.
(rare) The terrestrial equator.
The intersection of the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun) with the celestial equator.
Equinox is a derived term of equinoctial.
As nouns the difference between equinoctial and equinox
is that equinoctial is the great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator while equinox is the intersection of the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun) with the celestial equator.As an adjective equinoctial
is of or relating to an equinox.equinoctial
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Alternative forms
* equinoctal * (archaic)Adjective
(-)- an equinoctial gale or storm, i.e. one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world
