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Definition of Equinoctial line
1. Noun. The great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles.
Generic synonyms: Great Circle
Derivative terms: Equinoctial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equinoctial Line
Literary usage of Equinoctial line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China Sea, North-West by Edmund Fanning (1838)
"... and passing roar—Shoals of whales—Cross the equinoctial line—Cape ... and heavy
squalls of wind and rain, near to, and north of the equinoctial line. ..."
2. The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse: In A.D. 1547-1555, Among the Wild by Hans Staden, Albert Tootal, Richard Francis Burton (1874)
"The winds were much against us, for they have the peculiarity in that sea, that
when the sun is on the north side of the equinoctial line, they blow from ..."
3. The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, in Asia, Africa, and Europe, During the by Abū Ṭālib Khān (1810)
"Recross the equinoctial line. Anecdote related by the captain. Fall in with an
American and an Hamburgh vessel. Again see the polar star — pass a fleet of ..."
4. Roman Antiquities by Jean Dominique Fuss (1840)
"... and on the Erythraean sea, the region called Azania, running out into the
promontories Elephante and Aromata. Below the equinoctial line were ..."
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