| ADJECTIVE | pert | equinoctial | relating to the vicinity of the equator |
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| pert | equinoctial | relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal) | |
| NOUN | location | equinoctial, celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line | the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles |
| Meaning | relating to the vicinity of the equator. | |
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| Spanish | equinoccial | |
| Catalan | equinoccial | |
| Nouns | equator | an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles |
| equinoctial | the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles | |
| Meaning | relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal). | |
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| Spanish | equinoccial | |
| Catalan | equinoccial | |
| Nouns | equinox | 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 |
| Meaning | The great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles. | |
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| Synonyms | celestial equator, equinoctial circle, equinoctial line | |
| Broader | great circle | A circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center |
| Spanish | ecuador celeste, línea equinoccial | |
| Catalan | equador celeste, línia equinoccial | |
| Adjectives | equinoctial | relating to the vicinity of the equator |
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