equinoctialadj.n.

/ɛkwɪˈnɒkʃəl/

/iːkwɪˈnɒkʃəl/

Forms: Middle English–1600s equinoctiall, (Middle English equynoxial, Middle English equinoccialle, 1500s equinoccyall, 1500s–1700s æquinoctial(l, 1600s, 1800s equinoxial(l, 1500s– equinoctial.

Etymology: < Latin aequinoctiālis, < aequinoctium equinox n. Compare French équinoxial.

A. adj.

1. Pertaining to a state of equal day and night. equinoctial line, circle (in Milton equinoctial road), the celestial or terrestrial equator. Cf. B. 1, A. 2 equinoctial point = equinox n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > [adjective] > relating to a state of equal day and night

equinoctialc1400

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §25. 35 Tak his nethere elongacioun lengthing fro the same equinoxial lyne.

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Bii So haue we sayled ouer y^e linie equinocciall.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 39 There is ane vthir circle of the spere callit, the circle equinoctial.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Bv For vnder the lyne equynoctyall..lyeth..greate and wyde desertes.

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxvi. 318 The diurnal revolution is from the motion of the Earth, by which the Æquinoctial Circle is described about it.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 672 Som say the Sun Was bid turn Reines from th' Equinoctial Rode.

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. § 29. 305 To determine the places of the Stars in respect of the Equinoctial and Solstitial points.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. ix. 420 The origin of the Indian zodiac did not coincide with the equinoxial point.

1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 238 The magnetic equator will meet the equinoctial line only in two points.

a. Pertaining to the period or point of the equinox. equinoctial colure: see colure n. †equinoctial day: a normal day of 12 hours. †equinoctial hour: an hour of normal length. equinoctial month: a month which includes one of the equinoxes. †equinoctial spring: the vernal equinox.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > cycle of time > cycle of the year > [adjective] > relating to the equinox

equinoctial1587

equinoctional1658

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 259/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II After the equinoctiall spring.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 54 6. howers which is the one halfe of an Equinoctiall day.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. v. 104 The excesse of the greatest and longest day aboue the æquinoctiall day.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vii. 309 Marcus Varro..exposeth his farme unto the equinoxiall ascent of the Sunne.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 77 The two Jewish months just mentioned, were æquinoctial.

b. Happening at or near to the time of the equinox; said esp. of the ‘gales’ prevailing about the time of the autumnal equinox.

ΚΠ

1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xliii. 151 At last will come your equinoctial disappointment.

1795 Ld. Lyndhurst Let. in Sir T. Martin Life 38 Many vessels have lost their anchors in this, I may call it, equinoctial gale.

1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VIII. 269 Till the equinoctial rains have filled the Tagus.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xix. 369 And the equinoctial gales made it impossible for us to cross to the eastern side.

3. Of or pertaining to the equinoctial (see B. 1, A. 2); = equatorial adj.

a. Pertaining to, or having reference to, the equator as a circle of the celestial or terrestrial sphere. equinoctial dial: see quot. 1728.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [adjective] > celestial equator

equinoctial1595

the world > the earth > geodetic references > [adjective] > latitude > equator

equinoctial1595

equatorial1713

1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets i. sig. A2 Therefore those that trauaile must either vse the Globe, or an Equinoctiall diall.

1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 319 The Center of the Equinoctial Semi-circle.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Dial Equinoctial Dial, is that describ'd on the Equinoctial Plane, or a Plane representing that of the Equinoctial.

b. Pertaining to the regions adjacent to the terrestrial equator.

ΚΠ

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 637 As when farr off at Sea a Fleet descri'd Hangs in the Clouds, by Æquinoctial Winds Close sailing from Bengala.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 169 The polar parts sinking into the abyss, the middle or æquinoctial parts still subsisted.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 419 Where equinoctial fervours glow.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 209 The warmer parts of equinoctial America.

1860 G. Hartwig tr. Sea & its Living Wonders i. 13 The equinoctial ocean.

B. n.

1. The celestial equator: so called because, when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > celestial equator

equinoctialc1386

equatorc1400

weigherc1400

middle line1595

mid-circle1675

celestial equator1875

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 36 By nature knew he ech ascencioun Of equinoxial.

a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. B3^v Al other lands, that are vnder & nere y^e equinoctial.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 70 He affirmeth that Biarmia..hath the pole for its Zenith and Equinoctiall for the Horizon.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 258 At Tonquin..there is no tide at all, when the moon is near the equinoctial.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy i. 58 They term the equator of the heavens the equinoctial.

1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) ix. 43 The distance of the star from the equinoctial..is called the Declination of the star.

1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 133 The Ecliptic is inclined to the equinoctial at an angle of 23° 28′.

a. The terrestrial equator. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude > equator

burning line1484

burnt line1555

equinox1579

equinoctial1584

line1588

equatora1613

the girdle of the world1626

palaeoequator1960

1584 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1913) VII. 103–4 Any parts between the Equinoctial and the North Pole.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 5 Nor is this weather rare about the Æquinoctiall.

1657 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 336 Born in the Caraccas, 1000 miles south of the equinoctial.

1784 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. XIII. 155 As if, when you have crossed the equinoctial, all the virtues die.

1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy II. ii. 47 Cities that lie between them and the equinoctial.

b. transferred and figurative (humorously.)

ΚΠ

1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. E1^v If hee sit but one degree towards the Equinoctiall of the Salt-seller.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 23 Passing the Equinoctial of Queubus.

1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 1/2 Started a Conceit at the Equinoctial, and pursued it through all the Degrees of Latitude.

†3. = equinox n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > cycle of time > cycle of the year > [noun] > equinox

evenlengtha1325

equinoctiumc1400

equinoctial?a1475

equinoction1483

vernal equinox (or equinoctial)1534

level1548

equinox1588

autumnal equinox1594

autumn equinox1594

equinoctian1627

fall equinox1844

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic > cardinal points > equinoctial point

equinoxc1400

equinoctial?a1475

principal point1591

spring point1599

spring equinox1601

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 325 From the equinoccialle of Ver on to the equinoccialle of herveste.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 44 Quhen ther multipleis ane grit numir of sternis in the equinoctial of Libra.., at that tyme ther occurris grit tempestis.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 413 There are scarce fifty dayes of ours, at the greatest time of heat, before the latter Equinoctial.

figurative.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 306 This day was a holy Equinoctial, and made the day of the Jews and the day of the Gentiles equal.

4. An equinoctial gale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > at equinox

equinox1687

equinoctial1748

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xci. 336 The equinoctials, fright me a little.

1880 W. Black White Wings II. 70 It is a shame he should be cheated out of his thunderstorm. But we have the equinoctials for him, at all events.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	equinoctial
释义	equinoctialadj.n. /ɛkwɪˈnɒkʃəl//iːkwɪˈnɒkʃəl/ Forms: Middle English–1600s equinoctiall, (Middle English equynoxial, Middle English equinoccialle, 1500s equinoccyall, 1500s–1700s æquinoctial(l, 1600s, 1800s equinoxial(l, 1500s– equinoctial. Etymology: < Latin aequinoctiālis, < aequinoctium equinox n. Compare French équinoxial. A. adj. 1. Pertaining to a state of equal day and night. equinoctial line, circle (in Milton equinoctial road), the celestial or terrestrial equator. Cf. B. 1, A. 2 equinoctial point = equinox n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > [adjective] > relating to a state of equal day and night equinoctialc1400 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §25. 35 Tak his nethere elongacioun lengthing fro the same equinoxial lyne. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Bii So haue we sayled ouer y^e linie equinocciall. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 39 There is ane vthir circle of the spere callit, the circle equinoctial. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Bv For vnder the lyne equynoctyall..lyeth..greate and wyde desertes. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxvi. 318 The diurnal revolution is from the motion of the Earth, by which the Æquinoctial Circle is described about it. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 672 Som say the Sun Was bid turn Reines from th' Equinoctial Rode. View more context for this quotation 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. § 29. 305 To determine the places of the Stars in respect of the Equinoctial and Solstitial points. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. ix. 420 The origin of the Indian zodiac did not coincide with the equinoxial point. 1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 238 The magnetic equator will meet the equinoctial line only in two points. 2. a. Pertaining to the period or point of the equinox. equinoctial colure: see colure n. †equinoctial day: a normal day of 12 hours. †equinoctial hour: an hour of normal length. equinoctial month: a month which includes one of the equinoxes. †equinoctial spring: the vernal equinox. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > cycle of the year > [adjective] > relating to the equinox equinoctial1587 equinoctional1658 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 259/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II After the equinoctiall spring. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 54 6. howers which is the one halfe of an Equinoctiall day. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. v. 104 The excesse of the greatest and longest day aboue the æquinoctiall day. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vii. 309 Marcus Varro..exposeth his farme unto the equinoxiall ascent of the Sunne. View more context for this quotation 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 77 The two Jewish months just mentioned, were æquinoctial. b. Happening at or near to the time of the equinox; said esp. of the ‘gales’ prevailing about the time of the autumnal equinox. ΚΠ 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xliii. 151 At last will come your equinoctial disappointment. 1795 Ld. Lyndhurst Let. in Sir T. Martin Life 38 Many vessels have lost their anchors in this, I may call it, equinoctial gale. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VIII. 269 Till the equinoctial rains have filled the Tagus. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xix. 369 And the equinoctial gales made it impossible for us to cross to the eastern side. 3. Of or pertaining to the equinoctial (see B. 1, A. 2); = equatorial adj. a. Pertaining to, or having reference to, the equator as a circle of the celestial or terrestrial sphere. equinoctial dial: see quot. 1728. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [adjective] > celestial equator equinoctial1595 the world > the earth > geodetic references > [adjective] > latitude > equator equinoctial1595 equatorial1713 1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets i. sig. A2 Therefore those that trauaile must either vse the Globe, or an Equinoctiall diall. 1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 319 The Center of the Equinoctial Semi-circle. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Dial Equinoctial Dial, is that describ'd on the Equinoctial Plane, or a Plane representing that of the Equinoctial. b. Pertaining to the regions adjacent to the terrestrial equator. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 637 As when farr off at Sea a Fleet descri'd Hangs in the Clouds, by Æquinoctial Winds Close sailing from Bengala. View more context for this quotation 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 169 The polar parts sinking into the abyss, the middle or æquinoctial parts still subsisted. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 419 Where equinoctial fervours glow. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 209 The warmer parts of equinoctial America. 1860 G. Hartwig tr. Sea & its Living Wonders i. 13 The equinoctial ocean. B. n. 1. The celestial equator: so called because, when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > celestial equator equinoctialc1386 equatorc1400 weigherc1400 middle line1595 mid-circle1675 celestial equator1875 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 36 By nature knew he ech ascencioun Of equinoxial. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. B3^v Al other lands, that are vnder & nere y^e equinoctial. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 70 He affirmeth that Biarmia..hath the pole for its Zenith and Equinoctiall for the Horizon. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 258 At Tonquin..there is no tide at all, when the moon is near the equinoctial. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy i. 58 They term the equator of the heavens the equinoctial. 1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) ix. 43 The distance of the star from the equinoctial..is called the Declination of the star. 1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 133 The Ecliptic is inclined to the equinoctial at an angle of 23° 28′. 2. a. The terrestrial equator. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude > equator burning line1484 burnt line1555 equinox1579 equinoctial1584 line1588 equatora1613 the girdle of the world1626 palaeoequator1960 1584 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1913) VII. 103–4 Any parts between the Equinoctial and the North Pole. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 5 Nor is this weather rare about the Æquinoctiall. 1657 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 336 Born in the Caraccas, 1000 miles south of the equinoctial. 1784 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. XIII. 155 As if, when you have crossed the equinoctial, all the virtues die. 1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy II. ii. 47 Cities that lie between them and the equinoctial. b. transferred and figurative (humorously.) ΚΠ 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. E1^v If hee sit but one degree towards the Equinoctiall of the Salt-seller. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 23 Passing the Equinoctial of Queubus. View more context for this quotation 1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 1/2 Started a Conceit at the Equinoctial, and pursued it through all the Degrees of Latitude. †3. = equinox n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > cycle of time > cycle of the year > [noun] > equinox evenlengtha1325 equinoctiumc1400 equinoctial?a1475 equinoction1483 vernal equinox (or equinoctial)1534 level1548 equinox1588 autumnal equinox1594 autumn equinox1594 equinoctian1627 fall equinox1844 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > circle of celestial sphere > [noun] > great circle > ecliptic > cardinal points > equinoctial point equinoxc1400 equinoctial?a1475 principal point1591 spring point1599 spring equinox1601 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 325 From the equinoccialle of Ver on to the equinoccialle of herveste. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 44 Quhen ther multipleis ane grit numir of sternis in the equinoctial of Libra.., at that tyme ther occurris grit tempestis. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 413 There are scarce fifty dayes of ours, at the greatest time of heat, before the latter Equinoctial. figurative.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 306 This day was a holy Equinoctial, and made the day of the Jews and the day of the Gentiles equal. 4. An equinoctial gale. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > at equinox equinox1687 equinoctial1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xci. 336 The equinoctials, fright me a little. 1880 W. Black White Wings II. 70 It is a shame he should be cheated out of his thunderstorm. But we have the equinoctials for him, at all events. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1386
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