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Etymology
L. solstitium (sol "sun" + stitium, from sistere "to stand still").
Pronunciation
IPA|/'s�l.stɪs/
Noun
en-noun
- The point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun.
- One of two days in the year when the day (as opposed to the night) is either longest or shortest, 20 or 21 June and 21 or 22 December.
#* 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. 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
Czech: slunovrat m
Dutch: zonnewende, zonnestilstand
Finnish: päivänseisaus
German: Sonnenwende f; Sommersonnenwende f (the longest day), Wintersonnenwende f (the shortest day)
Norwegian: solhverv, sommersolhverv, , vintersolhverv
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Polish: przesilenie n
Portuguese: solstÃcio m
Romanian: solstiţiu n, solstiţiul verii n, solstiţiul iernii n
Russian: �олн�е��о�ние (soncestojánie) n
Swedish: sommarsolstånd (the longest day), vintersolstånd (the shortest day)
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