| NOUN | time | vernal equinox, March equinox, spring equinox | March 21 |
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| location | vernal equinox | (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces |
| Meaning | March 21. | |
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| Synonyms | March equinox, spring equinox | |
| Part of | March, Mar | The month following February and preceding April |
| spring, springtime | The season of growth | |
| Narrower | Noruz, Nowruz, Nowrooz | (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds |
| Broader | 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 |
| Opposite | autumnal equinox, September equinox, fall equinox | September 22 |
| Spanish | equinoccio de marzo, equinoccio de primavera | |
| Meaning | (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces. | |
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| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Broader | equinoctial point, equinox | (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| Spanish | equinoccio de primavera, equinoccio vernal | |
| Catalan | equinocci de primavera | |
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