equinoccial (c.1230)

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equinoccial (c.1230)

  FEW:  aequinoctium 24,219a Gdf: GdfC:  equinocial 9,499c TL: equinoccïal 3,744 DEAF:  equinoccial  DMF:  équinoxial  TLF:  équinoxial  OED:  equinoctial a., n.  MED:  equinoxial n.  / equinoxial a.  DMLBS:  aequinoctialis 42c
 

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1astron.celestial equator, circle in the spheres which extrapolates the Earth's equator
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Li premer cercle en sun estal Est numé septemtrional, Le secund est solsticial, Le tierz est equinoccial [...]. Le equinoccial est si ardant Ke nul alme n’i est manant  420 and 437
2astron.timeequinox, twice-yearly astronomical event when day and night are nearly of equal length
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Pur tant est dit equinoccial Ke jur e nuit sunt paringal  439
equinocce  equinocciun 
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