equinox
pronunciation
How to pronounce equinox in British English:
UK [ˈekwɪnɒks]
How to pronounce equinox in American English:
US [ˈekwɪnɑːks]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- equinox (n.)
- c. 1400, "point at which the sun crosses the earth's equator, making day and night of equal length everywhere," from Old French equinoce (12c.) or directly from Medieval Latin equinoxium "equality of night (and day)," from Latin aequinoctium, usually in plural, dies aequinoctii "the equinoxes," from aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + nox (genitive noctis) "night" (see night). The Old English translation was efnniht. Related: Equinoctial.
Example
- 1. What do people often eat on vernal equinox day ?
- 2. A violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox .
- 3. Its audacious bid for equinox has just started .
- 4. After the equinox flower , flower leaf turnover for three years , zhaojun alone for three years .
- 5. Equinox breakfasts and all-white dinners can be at least as welding as memorial day parades .