Complete Definition of "winter solstice"

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Noun
winter solstice
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  1. (Astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun.

Note: When it is Winter solstice in one hemisphere, it is summer solstice in the other.

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trans-top|the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
Danish: Solhverv
Finnish: talvipäivänseisaus
French: solstice d'hiver (fête chinoise)
German: Wintersonnenwende f
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Japanese: JAchar|�� (JAchar|���, t�ji)
Russian: зимнее �авноден��вие (zímn'eje ravnod'énstvije) n
Scottish Gaelic: grian-stad an geamhraidh m
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Category:Calendar terms

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