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31equinoctial circle — noun the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles • Syn: ↑celestial equator, ↑equinoctial line, ↑equinoctial • Derivationally related forms: ↑equinoctial (for: ↑equinoctial) …
32equinoctial — adj. & n. adj. 1 happening at or near the time of an equinox (equinoctial gales). 2 of or relating to equal day and night. 3 at or near the (terrestrial) equator. n. (in full equinoctial line) = celestial equator. Phrases and idioms: equinoctial… …
33equinoctial storm — noun a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox • Syn: ↑line storm • Hypernyms: ↑rainstorm * * * a storm of violent winds and rain occurring at or near the time of an equinox and popularly, but erroneously, believed to be physically… …
34equinoctial — Equator E*qua tor, n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. [ e]quateur equator. See {Equate}.] 1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth s surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth s surface into… …
35equinoctial — I. n. Celestial equator, equinoctial line. II. a. 1. Of the equinoctial. 2. At the time of the equinoxes …
36equinoctial — /ikwəˈnɒkʃəl/ (say eekwuh nokshuhl), /ɛ / (say e ) adjective 1. relating to an equinox or the equinoxes, or to the equality of day and night. 2. relating to the celestial equator. 3. occurring at or about the time of an equinox: an equinoctial… …
37equinoctial storm — a storm of violent winds and rain occurring at or near the time of an equinox and popularly, but erroneously, believed to be physically associated with it. Also called equinoctial, line gale, line storm. * * * …
38line — line1 linable, lineable, adj. lineless, adj. linelike, adj. /luyn/, n., v., lined, lining. n. 1. a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page. 2. Math. a …
39line — I. /laɪn / (say luyn) noun 1. a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface. 2. something resembling a traced line, as a band of colour, a seam, a furrow, etc.: lines of stratification in… …
40line — I [[t]laɪn[/t]] n. v. lined, lin•ing 1) a long mark of very slight breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface 2) math. a continuous extent of length, straight or curved, without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point 3) …
