equinoctial
- adjective
- /ˌɛkwɪˈnɒkʃəl/
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ecuatorial
- The equinoctial sun casts almost no shadow at noon in some areas near the equator.
Examples
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Many tropical plants thrive in conditions that are characteristic of equinoctial climates.
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The equinoctial rains bring much-needed water to the dry region near the equator.
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Turns out, the archaeological site of Mount Catequilla is precisely located at 0 0 00 on the equinoctial line.
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Alexander von Humboldt's Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent not only provided Darwin with the model on which he eventually constructed his own famous narrative of the Beagle voyage, but it inspired him with a deep and not very scientific longing for the tropics.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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Near or on the Earth's equator with warm, humid climate
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Relating to hot, humid regions near the equator
Areas near the equator but not on it that have warm wet and dry seasons
Compounds
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An imaginary circle across the sky midway between the north and south poles
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An imaginary line in the sky that matches Earth's equator and divides the sky into north and south
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A point in the sky where the Sun crosses the Earth's equator at spring or autumn equinox
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The time Earth takes to go from one spring equinox to the next, about 365.24 days
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Etymology
Equinoctial comes from the Latin parts aequus 'equal' and nox 'night', and is related to the words equinox and equator. Because places near the equator have little change in day length, equinoctial came to describe regions 'near the equator'.