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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.

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lunar standstill

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin *lūnistitium, coined from lūna + sistō (“to stand, place”) in 1650, on the model of solstitium (“solstice”).

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