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Solstice
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. solstitium, from sol, sun, and sistere, to stand still), in astronomy either of the two points at which the sun reaches its greatest declination north or south. Each solstice is upon the ecliptic midway between the equinoxes, and therefore go from each. The term is also applied to the moment at which the sun reaches the point thus defined.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Solstice'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/solstice.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Solstice'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/solstice.html. 1910.
