equinoxes

noun

(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic

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

Roots

aequusequi- · Latin · equal, level nox-nox · Latin · night

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