equinox in the PONS Dictionary

equinox Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the autumnal equinox
есенно равноденствие
spring [or vernal] /autumn equinox
пролетно/есенно равноденствие

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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There are two access ramps on the east and west sides aligned with the sun on the equinoxes.
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Traditions state that at night during the spring equinox, they gather in the fells and dance until dawn holding hands and scattering roses.
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The astronomical part is unusually accurate; it indicates leap years, equinoxes, and more astronomical data.
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The arrangement is aligned with the setting sun at the solstices and equinox, but the age is currently unknown.
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In precession, the equinoxes appear to move slowly through the ecliptic, completing a revolution in approximately 25,800 years (according to modern astronomers).
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By waiting until the shadow was centered on the ring, the time of the equinox could be fixed to within an hour or so.
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Other holidays are the two solstices and the two equinoxes.
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The line is instead more of a gnomon or sundial/calendar, meant to mark the solstice and equinoxes.
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It is 27.32158 days, very slightly shorter than the sidereal month (27.32166) days, because of precession of the equinoxes.
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This phenomenon is called the precession of the equinoxes.
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