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   sol·stice

   /ˈsōlstəs/

   noun

   • 1. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination, marked by the longest and shortest days (about June 21 and December 22).

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin solstitium, from sol ‘sun’ + stit- ‘stopped, stationary’ (from the verb sistere).

   Derivatives

   • 1. solstitial adjective

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