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   SOLSTICE
   acronym: Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
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   Solstice
   A solstice is a point on the ecliptic midway between the equinoxes, where the sun, reversing its motion in declination, seems to stand still.
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   Solstice
   Roughly December 22 and June 22, when day and night are at their most extreme lengths. They are held (in the northern hemisphere) as the sabbats of Yule and Litha.
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   Solstice
   Astrological dates occurring twice a year on the pagan Sabbats, Litha (on or around June 21st) and Yule (on or around December 21st). Litha represents the longest day of the years (the most daylight) where Yule represents the longest night of the year (the least daylight). Compare with Equinox.
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   Solstice
   The time of the year when the Sun appears to be directly overhead at either the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn.
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   solstice
   [n] - either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
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   Solstice
   This is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly point (around June 21st & December 22nd. respectively.). It marks the beginning of Summer and Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere.
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   solstice
   the time of maximum or minimum declination of the sun when,for a few days,the altitude of the sun at noon shows no appreciable change from day to day Category: The cosmos • either of the two points at which the sun reaches its greatest declination North or South DU BUREAU HYDROGRAPHIQUE INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951 Category: General
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   Solstice
   Definition (keystage 3) One of the points halfway between the equinoxes, when the day is at its longest or shortest (June 21st and December 21st, in the northern hemisphere)
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    Solstice
    Sol'stice noun [ Latin solstitium ; sol the sun + sistere to cause to stand, akin to stare to stand: confer French solstice . See Solar , adjective , Stand , intransitive verb ] 1. A stopping or standing still of the sun. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne. 2. (Astron.) (a ...
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    solstice
    1. A stopping or standing still of the sun. ... 2. <astronomy> 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 ...
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    solstice
    noun either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
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    Solstice
    `Solstices` occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is oriented directly towards or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to appear to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes. The name is derived from the Latin `sol` (sun) and `sistere` (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, its apparent movement north or south comes to a standstill. The term `solstice` can also be used in a ...
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    Solstice
    • (v. i.) The time of the sun`s passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix. • (v. i.) A stopping or standing still of the sun. • (v. i.) 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 a...
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    solstice
    either of the two moments in the year when the Sun`s apparent path is farthest north or south from the Earth`s Equator. In the Northern Hemisphere ... [5 related articles]
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    Solstice
    Solstice is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Sun Exposure` The name Solstice doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Solstice seems to be unique!
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    solstice
    solstice 1. Either of the times when the sun is farthest from the equator, on or about June 21 or December 21. The summer solstice falls in June in the northern hemisphere but in December in the southern hemisphere, and vice versa for the winter solstice. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and the winter solstice is the shortest. 2. Eith...
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    Solstice
    Dates when the declination of the Sun is at 23.5° North or South of the equator. For the Northern Hemisphere this date falls on June 21 or 22 (Summer Solstice). In the Southern Hemisphere the date is December 21 or 22 (Winter Solstice).
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    SOLSTICE
    The point at which the sun is the furthest on the ecliptic from the celestial equator. The point at which sun is at maximum distance from the equator and days and nights are most unequal in duration. The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are those parallels of latitude which lies directly beneath a solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere, t...
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    Solstice
    Either of two days when the sun's position overhead at noon is farthest north or south of the equator. These dates are June 21 for the Northern Hemisphere summer solstice, and about December 22 for the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice. The solstices are reversed for the Southern Hemisphere, with the winter solstice on June 21.
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    Solstice
    The two times of the year when the sun is apparently farthest north and south of the earth's equator; usually occurring on or around June 21 (summer solstice in northern hemisphere, winter solstice for southern hemisphere) and December 21 (winter solstice in northern hemisphere, summer solstice for the southern hemisphere).
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    solstice
    Either of two points on the ecliptic, midway between the equinoxes, at which the Sun reaches its greatest northern declination (summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, winter solstice in the southern, on Jun. 21) and greatest southern declination (vice versa, on Dec. 22). At these points occur t...
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    solstice
    The two times of the year when the sun is apparently farthest north and south of the Earth's equator; usually occurring on or around Jun. 21 (summer solstice in northern hemisphere, winter solstice for southern hemisphere) and Dec. 21 (winter solstice in northern hemisphere, summer solstice for the ...
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    solstice
    solstice (sol'stis) [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). At the solstices the sun's apparent position on the celestial sphere reaches its greatest distance a...
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