Equinox : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Equinox	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equinox n either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic Synonym(s): equinoctial point, equinox
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equinox \E"qui*nox\, n. [OE. equinoxium, equenoxium, L. aequinoctium; aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf. F. [82]quinoxe. See {Equal}, and {Night}.] 1. The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See {Autumnal equinox}, {Vernal equinox}, under {Autumnal} and {Vernal}. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Stormwind of the equinox. --Longfellow. 2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [R.] --Dryden.