Solstitial
//sɒlˈstɪʃ.əl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to a solstice. not-comparable
"a solstitial point"
- 2 Occurring on a solstice. not-comparable
"[…] the moment of his birth, the solstitial moon is to be full, […]"
Example
More examples"In the Assyrian Standard [...] we see the figure of an Archer above that of a galloping Bull, and in another Assyrian Standard, that of Sargon II., we find not only the Archer and the Bull, the two constellations which 4,000 b.c. marked the equinoctial colure, but we may also clearly trace a reference to the two constellations which at the same date marked the solstitial colure, namely, those of the Lion and the Water-man."
Etymology
From Latin sōlstitiālis.
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