equinoctial time

noun

A year from the moment when the mean sun is positioned at the mean vernal equinoctial point.

Meanings

nounequinoctial time (countable and uncountable, plural equinoctial times)

plural equinoctial times

  1. countableuncountableastronomyA year from the moment when the mean sun is positioned at the mean vernal equinoctial point.
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