Dictionary Entry
equinoctial
equinoctial is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 26 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
- 2adjective
Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
- 3adjective
Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.
- 4noun
The equinoctial line.
- 5noun
the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
- 6adjective
relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal)
- 7adjective
relating to the vicinity of the equator
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