equinoctial
/ee-kwuh-nok-shuhl, ek-wuh-/US // ˌi kwəˈnɒk ʃəl, ˌɛk wə- //UK // (ˌiːkwɪˈnɒkʃəl) //
等离子体,等离子型,等效性,等时性
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : pertaining to an equinox or the equinoxes, or to the equality of day and night.
- : pertaining to the celestial equator.
- : occurring at or about the time of an equinox.
- : Botany. opening regularly at a certain hour.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : celestial equator.
- : equinoctial storm.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as incelestial equator
Examples
Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the poles.
I don't know if you remember that equinoctial gale that blew about the 18th or 19th.
She plunged into the chilly equinoctial darkness as the clock struck ten, for her fifteen miles' walk under the steely stars.
The next afternoon we crossed the equinoctial line in longitude 21 degrees 50 minutes west.
The 'kids' are two little stars which first rise in the evening towards the end of September, during the equinoctial gales.
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