Equinoctial vs Equinoxial - What's the difference?
equinoctial | equinoxial |
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.
As adjectives the difference between equinoctial and equinoxial
is that equinoctial is of or relating to an equinox while equinoxial is equinoctial.As a noun equinoctial
is the great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator.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