The great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles.
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Examples for "equinoctial"
Examples for "equinoctial"
1I had forgot about the equinoctial gales, and this caught me unawares.
2Very long and very severe were the equinoctial gales that year.
3The heavens and the earth,-everythingin the equinoctial regions, presents an exotic character.
4The equinoctial storm seemed to have blown itself out by the next morning.
5Everywhere, even in our Order, survive the equinoctial and solstitial feasts.
1Ophiuchus is said to be a large constellation that straddles the celestial equator.
2Referring to the time when the sun passes the celestial equator.
3The fourth planet from the sun, it is currently sitting just north of the celestial equator.
4We may remark that the main part of the zodiacal light shifts to the south side of the celestial equator as we cross the line.
5This is called the Celestial Equator.
1The two first stars named are exactly on what is called the equinoctial line.
2The equinoctial line passes through the centre of it.
3In the year thirty-six, Cortes sent Grijalva and Alvarado with two ships below the equinoctial line.
4We proceeded in a south-east direction, crossing the trade winds on our way to the equinoctial line.
5We lay off and on from that time till the 6th June, when we crossed the equinoctial line.
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