autumnal equinox

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Noun

autumnalequinox(pluralautumnal equinoxes)

1. (astronomy)The moment when the sun appears to cross thecelestial equatorwhile tilting away from the observer, taking place in September in the northern hemisphere and March in the southern hemisphere.

Synonyms

• fall equinox

Coordinate terms

• summer solstice
• vernal equinox
• winter solstice

Translations

moment

• Belarusian:восеньскае раўнадзенстваn(vósjenʹskaje raŭnadzjenstva)
• Catalan:equinocci de tardorm
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tiết thu phân(zh)(qiūfēn)

• Czech:podzimní rovnodennostf
• Danish:efterårsjævndøgn(da)n
• Esperanto:aŭtuna ekvinokso
• Estonian:sügisenepööripäev,sügisenevõrdpäevsus
• Faroese:heystjavndøgurn
• Finnish:syyspäiväntasaus(fi)
• French:équinoxe d’automne(fr)m
• Georgian:შემოდგომის ბუნიობა(šemodgomis bunioba),შემოდგომის დღეღამტოლობა(šemodgomis dɣeɣamṭoloba)
• German:Herbsttagundnachtgleichef
• Greek:φθινοπωρινή ισημερίαf(fthinoporiní isimería)
• Icelandic:haustjafndægurnpl
• Irish:cónocht an fhómhairm
• Japanese:Tiết thu phân(ja)(しゅうぶん, shūbun)
• Navajo:aakʼeego shá ałnííʼ hanádááh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:høstjevndøgnn

  Nynorsk:haustjamndøgern,haustjamndøgnn

• Persian:اعتدال پاییزی(phát)(e'tedâl-e pâyizi)
• Polish:równonoc jesienna(pl)f
• Portuguese:equinócio de outonom
• Romanian:echinocțiu de toamnăn
• Russian:осе́ннее равноде́нствие(ru)n(osénneje ravnodénstvije)
• Scottish Gaelic:co-fhad-thràth an fhoghairm
• Slovak:jesenná rovnodennosťf
• Spanish:equinoccio otoñalm
• Swedish:höstdagjämning(sv)c
• Thai:ศารทวิษุวัต(sarathawisuwat)
• Turkish:sonbahar ekinoksu
• Ukrainian:осі́ннє рівноде́нняn(osínnje rivnodénnja)

point

• Catalan:equinocci de tardorm
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Điểm thu phân／Điểm thu phân(zh)(qiūfēndiǎn)

• Georgian:შემოდგომის ბუნიობა(šemodgomis bunioba),შემოდგომის დღეღამტოლობა(šemodgomis dɣeɣamṭoloba)
• Icelandic:haustpunkturm
• Irish:cónocht an fhómhairm,Túsphointe Libram
• Italian:equinozio d'autunno
• Japanese:Điểm thu phân(ja)(しゅうぶんてん, shūbunten)
• Polish:równonoc jesienna(pl)f
• Portuguese:equinócio de outonom
• Romanian:punct autumnaln
• Russian:осе́ннее равноде́нствие(ru)n(osénneje ravnodénstvije)
• Spanish:equinoccio otoñalm
• Thai:ศารทวิษุวัต(sarathawisuwat)
• Turkish:sonbahar noktası

See also

• September equinox
• March equinox