| vernal equinox | | |
| n. | 1. march equinox, spring equinox, vernal equinox | March 21. |
| ~ mar, march | the month following February and preceding April. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ noruz, nowrooz, nowruz | (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox. |
| ~ spring, springtime | the season of growth.; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" |
| n. | 2. vernal equinox | (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ equinoctial point, equinox | (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic. |
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