Meanings
nounequinoctial line (plural equinoctial lines)
plural equinoctial lines
- obsoletecelestial equator
- obsoleterarethe Equator
Men from the fartheſt Equinoctiall line, Haue ſwarm’d in troopes into the Eaſterne India: […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
Broader
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