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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 368 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOLSTICE (
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Lat. solstitium, from sal,
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sun, and sistere, to stand still)  , in
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astronomy either of the two points at which the
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sun reaches its greatest
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declination
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north or
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south . Each
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solstice is upon the
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ecliptic midway between the equinoxes, and there-fore 9o° from each . The
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term is also applied to the moment at which the sun reaches the point thus defined .

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