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equinoctial lines

equinoctial lines is the plural of equinoctial line.

Meaning of equinoctial line

Noun

equinoctial line (plural equinoctial lines)

  1. (obsolete) celestial equator
  2. (obsolete, rare) the Equator
    • Men from the fartheſt Equinoctiall line,
      Haue ſwarm’d in troopes into the Eaſterne India: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Questions about equinoctial lines

What is equinoctial lines the plural of?
Equinoctial lines is the plural of equinoctial line.

Words near equinoctial lines in the dictionary

  1. equinoctial circle
  2. equinoctial circles
  3. equinoctial colure
  4. equinoctial colures
  5. equinoctial line
  6. equinoctial lines
  7. equinoctial time
  8. equinoctial times
  9. equinoctial year
  10. equinoctial years
  11. equinoctially

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