Advertisement

Advertisement

equinoctial point

noun

  1. either of the two points at which the celestial equator and the ecliptic intersect each other; the position of the sun's center at the equinoxes.


equinoctial point

noun

  1. either of the two points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of equinoctial point1

First recorded in 1720–30
Discover More

Example Sentences

But the head of the fixed Aries, or the true equinoctial point, was in the ninth sphere above it.

The time occupied by the sun, in passing from the equinoctial point round to the same point again, is called the tropical year.

Remember we cannot take a transit of the equinoctial point, because there is nothing to see, and that nothing is moving!

The distance of any time star from the equinoctial point, in time, is called its right ascension.

That is, any meridian passes the Spring equinoctial point 1110 of a second sooner than the time of one absolute rotation.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


equinoctial lineequinoctial rains