Solstice

Etymology
From solstitium:, from sol: + stitium:, from sistere:.

Noun

 * 1) One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
 * 2) * 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 2.
 * For all men begin, as we said, by wondering that things are as they are, as they do about self‐moving marionettes, or about the solstices or the incommensurability of the diagonal of a square with the side;

Derived terms

 * summer solstice
 * winter solstice

Related terms

 * equinox

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 至日, 至點, 至点, 冬至 (winter solstice), 夏至 (summer solstice)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: zonnewende, zonnestilstand
 * Esperanto: solstico
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Sonnenwende
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 冬至 (winter solstice), 夏至 (summer solstice)
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian: solhverv, sommersolhverv,, vintersolhverv
 * Polish: przesilenie
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: solstiţiu, solstiţiul verii , solstiţiul iernii
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: suncostaj
 * Spanish: solsticio
 * Swedish: sommarsolstånd (the longest day), vintersolstånd (the shortest day)

Etymology
solstitium:

Noun

 * 1)  solstice

Derived terms

 * solstice d'été
 * solstice d'hiver

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