equinoctial point

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsequinox

   Broadercelestial point

   Narrowervernal equinoxautumnal equinox

   astronomy

Questions about equinoctial point

What does equinoctial point mean?

equinoctial point means "(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic".

What is another word for equinoctial point?

Close synonyms include equinox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is equinoctial point a common word?

equinoctial point is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.