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Solstice

//ˈsɒl.stɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

    "The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice."

  2. 2
    either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Latin sōl Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin sōlstitiumlbor. Old French solsticebor. Middle English solstice English solstice From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium.

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