Other Definitions vernal equinox (enc)
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Vernal Equinox| Noun | 1. | vernal equinox - March 21Mar, March - the month following February and preceding April 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 Noruz, Nowrooz, Nowruz - (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azebaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox spring, springtime - the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" | | | 2. | vernal equinox - (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Piscesastronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole equinoctial point, equinox - (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic | |
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