FALL EQUINOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fall equinox mean? 

• FALL EQUINOX (noun)
  The noun FALL EQUINOX has 1 sense:

1. September 22

  Familiarity information: FALL EQUINOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALL EQUINOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

September 22

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

autumnal equinox; fall equinox; September equinox

Hypernyms ("fall equinox" is a kind of...):

equinox (either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length)

Holonyms ("fall equinox" is a part of...):

Sep; Sept; September (the month following August and preceding October)

autumn; fall (the season when the leaves fall from the trees)

 Context examples 

Either of two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic; either of the two times each year when the sun crosses the equator, and day and night are of equal length (spring equinox, fall equinox).

(Equinox, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)