equinox
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- n 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
- n (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
- With March 20 marking the vernal equinox (one of two days during the year where day and night are the same length) attention turns again to one of the more persistent theories for .
- According to tradition Christ died on the day of the vernal equinox, which in Roman times always fell on March 25.
- And it is not just that time of the century; it is that time of year too, with Holy Week, the vernal equinox and a partial lunar eclipse converging, all heated up by the .