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Definition of Spring equinox
1. Noun. March 21.
Group relationships: Mar, March, Spring, Springtime
Generic synonyms: Equinox
Specialized synonyms: Noruz, Nowrooz, Nowruz
Antonyms: Autumnal Equinox
Definition of Spring equinox
1. Noun. vernal equinox ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Equinox
Literary usage of Spring equinox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"spring equinox.-—153. Sun vertical at equator.— 154. Oblique at all other points.—155.
Its thermal influence in different latitudes. —156. ..."
2. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, Henry Jackson (1904)
"1(J9 (Mangey), where he tells us nothing more definite than that Moses placed
the first month at the beginning of the spring equinox ; De Decalogo, ii. ..."
3. Handbook of Climatology by Julius von Hann (1903)
"Hence it follows that the distance from the spring equinox to the autumn equinox (ie,
summer) cannot be passed over as rapidly as the distance ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"The SPRING is the time comprised between the vernal or spring equinox, which
falls about the 21st of March, and the summer solstice, which happens about the ..."
5. A Year of Liberty: Or, Salmon Angling in Ireland, from February 1 to November 1 by William Peard (1867)
"Waterville—Derrynane—spring equinox—Below Bridge—Lake in Summer— The Coach before
the Horses—"Maiden Trout"—Qualms of Conscience— Experience. ..."
6. The New Creationby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (1998)
"The difference in the method of counting, be it remembered, is that the Jews then
waited and still wait until the spring equinox, and begin their month with ..."
7. A Year of Liberty: Or, Salmon Angling in Ireland, from February 1 to November 1 by William Peard (1867)
"... spring equinox— Below Bridge — Lake in Summer — The Coach before the Horses — "
Maiden Trout" — Qualms of Conscience- Experience. the succeeding week ..."
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