equinox
noun /ˈekwɪnɒks/, /ˈiːkwɪnɒks/
/ˈekwɪnɑːks/, /ˈiːkwɪnɑːks/
- one of the two times in the year (around 20 March and 22 September) when the sun is above the equator and day and night are of equal length
- the spring/autumn equinox
Wordfinder- climate
- earth
- equator
- equinox
- hemisphere
- International Date Line
- latitude
- map
- planet
- tropic
WordfinderTopics Timec2- daylight
- eclipse
- equinox
- ray
- rise
- solar
- solstice
- the sun
- twilight
- the universe
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEquinox is used after these nouns:- autumn
- fall
- spring
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French equinoxe or Latin aequinoctium, from aequi- ‘equal’ + nox, noct- ‘night’.