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equinoctial line

noun as in celestial equator

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The next afternoon we crossed the equinoctial line in longitude 21 degrees 50 minutes west.

They begin at that of Bachan, which is on the equinoctial line, and extend north and south.

The climate is temperate and healthy, though situated so near the equinoctial line.

Crossing the equinoctial line, Our Artist discovers that the rays of a vertical sun are anything but bracing and cool.

It is true that the sun has very great power there, for the country is distant only twenty-six degrees from the equinoctial line.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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