Equinoctinal

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The celestial equator.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of equinoctial. not-comparable

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

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

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