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Definition of Vernal equinox

Vernal equinox
Vernal equinox (Astron.), the time when the sun crosses the equator when proceeding northward. Vernal grass (Bot.), a low, soft grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), producing in the spring narrow spikelike panicles, and noted for the delicious fragrance which it gives to new-mown hay; -- also called sweet vernal grass. See Illust. in Appendix. Vernal signs (Astron.), the signs, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, in which the sun appears between the vernal equinox and summer solstice.

Meaning of Vernal equinox from wikipedia

- March equinox is known as the vernal equinox (spring equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere and as the autumnal equinox (autumn equinox or fall equinox) in...
- Hemisphere, the March equinox is called the vernal or spring equinox while the September equinox is called the autumnal or fall equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere...
- Vernal Equinox Day (春分の日, Shunbun no Hi) is a public holiday in ****an that occurs on the date of the Northward equinox in ****an Standard Time (the vernal...
- Spring equinox or vernal equinox or variations may refer to: March equinox, the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere September equinox, the spring...
- (autumnal equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere, while marking the end of astronomical winter and the start of astronomical spring (vernal equinox) in the...
- astronomical seasons. For example, it is the time from vernal equinox to the next vernal equinox, or from summer solstice to the next summer solstice....
- sign of Aries at the position of the Sun at the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere (March equinox), Babylonian astronomers fixed the zodiac in relation...
- equal lengths of around 2156 years per age based on the vernal equinox (also known as vernal point) moving through the sidereal zodiac. Another method...
- Aries, is the location of the March equinox (the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere, and the autumnal equinox in the southern), used as a reference...
- autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. At the spring (or vernal) equinox, days and nights are approximately twelve hours long, with daytime...