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