Word "EQUINOX" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
Synonyms:
equinoctial point

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

Crossword Clues for EQUINOX

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Former question I know heard to be included, it happens twice a year (7)
When night and day are equal (7)
Point when hours of dark and light are equal (7)
Point to one of five with the beast, it occurs twice a year (7)
Vernal ______- (7)
Time when the sun rises due east and sets due west
Science TV series (7)
Either of the two occasions when day and night are of equal length Mirror Quiz 09 Mar 2025
Night and day of equal length (7)
Period when day and night are of equal length (7)
Start to fall? New York Times 04 Feb 2025
Either of the two occasions when day and night are of equal length (7) Mirror Quiz 15 Jan 2025
Semiannual event Thomas Joseph 28 Dec 2024
What is the time, twice a year, when day and night are of equal length? (7)
Old science show shown on C4 (7)
When night is as long as day (7)
'Night and Day': twelve hours each, this time (7)
Almost horsy beast of burden shows even night and day (7)
Rare event of horse scratching bottom on cow
Get half equity in ox, when night and day are equal (7)
Either of the two occasions, six months apart, when day and night are of equal length
Horsey type with no tail and a steer have a special day in the middle of September (or March) (7)
Like horse, tailless bovid's in biannual event
One in five Easterners take on an animal at certain times of the year (7)
When the sun crosses the equator
Time of equal day and night (7)
Biannual event for horses needing steer to replace finale
Occasion when day and night are the same length
Almost horsy beast of burden makes night as long as day (7)
Time for balance between night and day (7)
Almost horsey beast of burden shows even night and day (7)
When day and night are of equal length (7)
Like a horse without a tail, steer into biannual event (7) Puzzler Cryptic 01 Mar 2024
Channel 4's long-running documentary series that ended in 2006 (7)
Occasion in spring or autumn when day and night are of equal length (7) Puzzler 01 Jan 2024
Time of year when the Sun crosses the equator (7)
Either of two times of the year when day and night are of equal length (7)
Summer ender Wall Street Journal 21 Oct 2023
Time of equal length of day and night The Times Concise 20 Dec 2022
Time of year seeing one of five bison, perhaps suppressed by Spain The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Sep 2022
Flustered TT quits, not quite active on the 10th, Mar 21 or Sep 23?
Silly Don Quixote party and contest finally cancelled in semiannual event
Semiannual occurrence that begins 18- and 66-Across LA Times Daily 20 Sep 2021
Semiannual occurrence that begins 18- and 66-Across The Washington Post 20 Sep 2021
Who in France tucks into wild oxen as a regular event? The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Aug 2021
Horse briefly ahead of bovine for a day in September, say? The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Aug 2020
Time of year when zebra almost mounts zebu?
March features one short horse with bullock following?
Biannual occurrence in which bovine follows side of slope that's one in five The Telegraph Toughie 15 Nov 2019
Supply tailless northern animal for occasion with 12 hour day
March or September date The Times Concise 31 May 2019
In astronomy, a point on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator The Times Specialist Sunday 26 May 2019
September/March date The Times Concise 20 Mar 2019
Biannual event is mostly horse and bull
Biannual celestial event Universal 17 Jan 2019
Biannual celestial event
Topping sequin socks from America for a special date
Semiannual astronomical event LA Times Daily 05 May 2018
Semiannual astronomical event The Washington Post 05 May 2018
Time of equal length of day and night The Sun Two Speed 28 Mar 2018
Like a horse without a tail, steer into biannual event The Sun Two Speed 28 Mar 2018
Semiannual astronomical event
Time of year when night and day are equal The Telegraph General Knowledge 31 Dec 2017
Time of equal night and day The Telegraph Quick 08 Dec 2017
Autumnal -- The Telegraph Quick 19 Aug 2017
Semiannual event Thomas Joseph 19 Aug 2017
Occasion for gathering at Stonehenge The Chronicle of Higher Education 04 Aug 2017
When day and night have the same length The Times Concise 24 Jul 2017
Vernal -- The Telegraph Quick 29 Apr 2017
Horse's tail pulled by bull in spring and autumn?
Occasion for gathering at Stonehenge
Semiannual calendar event The Washington Post 09 Sep 2016
Time when sun crosses equator The Telegraph General Knowledge 14 Aug 2016
French who rejected working within old twelve-hour day
Nothing follows Agatha Christie's character in old biannual event
Queen in love embraced by old date in March? The Times Cryptic 21 Dec 2015
Vernal or autumnal occurrence The Washington Post 22 Nov 2015
Vernal or autumnal occurrence
One animal clipped before another on farm - it occurs twice a year
Event heralding spring
March time
March time
Semiannual event
See 13-Down
See 13-Down
March moment
Vernal, say
Fall time
Spring time
March 21 occurrence
Twice-yearly event
Spring time
Occasion at Stonehenge
Vernal or autumnal ___
September occurrence
Time between solstices
September event
March or September event
Time when day and night are the same length.
Time when sun's center crosses equator.
When night and day are of equal length.
Time of year.
March 21 or September 23.
Semiannual event.
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