Equinoctinal

Quick meaning: Equinoctinal is an adjective meaning Synonym of equinoctial.

Meaning

Synonym of equinoctial.

More Meanings

1. The celestial equator.

Example Sentences

The equinoctinal gales are often ministers of vengeance, scattering desolation on sea and land.

I intend to consider the English colonies under two principal divisions; the first I allot to those islands which lie under the torrid zone between the tropic of Cancer and the Equinoctinal line, in that part generally called the West-Indies.

1. With a Pair of Compasses take the nearest Distance from the Sun's Place in the Ecliptic 29d. in ϒs, to the Equinoctial on the Globe, 2. Measure that Distance on the Equinoctinal Colure (if graduated) and it sheweth the Declination 20d.20m. as before.

The heavy rains due usually in September, and popularly designated as the equinoctinal storms, almost always create an early demand for light rubbers, and in many shoe stores these goods, especially in women's and children's styles, are already in evidence.

Word Forms

• equinoctinall

Synonyms for equinoctinal

Depending on context, synonyms include equinoctial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quintennial, hemicircular, hexic, equivalved, acronic, quinquetuberculate.

Related Dictionary Tools