a solstitial point
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Solstitial
/sɒlˈstɪʃ.əl/
Synonyms for "solstitial" (17 found)
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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.
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[…] Fig. 2 is taken as being in the solstitial meridian plane N W S E, with the node D in front at the centre of the figure, and the node V behind the figure, D C V being the nodal diameter of the Earth, and W C E a solstitial diameter rectangular to D C V.
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Gaillard had tried to show that the avenues had a solstitial orientation.
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