equinox
Meaning of equinox
noun
the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length (about 22 September and 20 March).
late Middle English: from Old French equinoxe or Latin aequinoctium, from aequi- ‘equal’ + nox, noct- ‘night’.
Information about equinox
- It is a name.
- The plural form of equinox is: equinoxes.
- Languages in which equinox is used:
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Hyphenation of equinox
equinox
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- equinox is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of equinox
- Spanish: equinoccio
- Italian: equinozio
- Portuguese: equinócio
- German: Tagundnachtgleiche
- French: équinoxe
Words that rhyme with equinox
mollinox, glyminox, Ninox, benquinox, dithioquinox, oxythioquinox, thioquinox
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