equinoctial

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.

   “an equinoctial gale or storm, i.e. one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world”

2. sıfat Of or relating to the celestial equator.
3. sıfat Equatorial: of or relating to the equator of the Earth.
4. sıfat Of flowers: that open and close at particular times of day.
5. isim The great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator.

   “The scorching beams under the equinoctial, or extremity of cold within the circle Arctic, […] cannot avoid or expel this heat, fury, and rage of mortal men.”

6. isim The terrestrial equator.

   “Nor is this vveather rare about the Æquinoctiall; by Mariners termed the Tornadoes: and tis ſo vncertaine, that novv you ſhall haue a quiet breath and gale, and ſuddenly an vnexpected violent guſt, and ſtorme, ſo fierce, that many times the ſhips vvill feele no helme.”

7. isim An equinoctial gale.

   “Heavy with storm the coast-lines grew, / And sharp the equinoctials blew”