The time when the sun crosses the equator, under a southerly motion, and the days and nights are then everywhere equal in length. (See libra.)
·adj Past the middle of life; in the third stage. II. Autumnal ·adj Of, belonging to, or peculiar t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Equinoctial wind or storm. II. Equinox ·noun The time when the sun enters one of the equinoct...
That part of the ecliptic whence the sun descends southward. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. ...
The position of the equinox as affected by nutation. ...
The position of the equinox independent of the effects of nutation. ...
The point where the sun crosses the equator, going north. It is opposite the place of the autumnal e...