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equinoxes
noun(equi-nox)
either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
equinoxes
noun(equi-nox)
either of the two times each year (as about March 21 and September 23) when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are everywhere on earth of approximately equal length
equinoxes
noun phrase(equi-nox)
a slow westward motion of the equinoxes along the ecliptic caused by the gravitational action of sun and moon upon the protuberant matter about the earth's equator

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