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1. (n.) solstice
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about Dec. 22, when it reaches its southernmost point.
2. solstice
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
3. solstice
a furthest point.
Etymology: (1200–50; < ME < OF < L sōlstitium=sōl sun +-stit-, der. of sistere to make stand; see stand)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) solstice
either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) solstice
a stopping or standing still of the sun
2. (verb) solstice
the point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion
3. (verb) solstice
the time of the sun's passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. solstice
summer and winter, the two recurring periods of the year at which the sun is farthest distant N. or S. from the equator, which mark midsummer and midwinter, the times being the 21st of June and 22nd of December; also applied to the two points in the ecliptic (q. v.), which the sun appears to reach on these two dates.
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Sense: the time of year when there is the greatest length of daylight (
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 Afrikaans: sonstilstand |
 Arabic: إنْقِلاب الشَّمْس: إنْقِل |
 Bulgarian: слънцестоене |
 Brazilian: solstício |
 Czech: slunovrat |
 German: die Sonnenwende |
 Danish: solhverv; -solhverv |
 Greek: ηλιοστάσιο |
 Spanish: solsticio |
 Estonian: pööripäev |
 Farsi: انقلاب |
 Finnish: päivänseisaus |
 French: solstice |
 Hebrew: הִיפּוּך |
 Hindi: संक्राति, अपनांत |
 Croatian: solsticij, suncostaj |
 Hungarian: napforduló |
 Indonesian: titik balik matahari |
 Icelandic: sólstöður/-hvörf |
 Italian: solstizio |
 Japanese: 至 |
 Korean: 하지 |
 Lithuanian: solsticija, saulėgrįža |
 Latvian: vasaras saulgrieži; ziema |
 Malay: solstis |
 Dutch: zonnewende |
 Norwegian: solverv (sommer-/vinter-) |
 Polish: przesilenie |
 Persian: انقلاب |
 Pashto: راس الجدى او راس السرطان |
 Portuguese: solstício |
 Romanian: solstiţiu |
 Russian: солнцестояние |
 Slovak: slnovrat |
 Slovenian: solsticij |
 Serbian: sunčeva prekretnica |
 Swedish: solstånd |
 Thai: ช่วงเวลาของปีที่โลกมีกลาง |
 Turkish: gün dönümü |
 Taiwanese: 至點(如夏至、冬至) |
 Ukrainian: сонцестояння |
 Urdu: انقلابین میں سے کوئی وقت |
 Vietnamese: điểm chí( thiên văn học) |
 Chinese: 至点（如夏至、冬至） |
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