Word
Solstice
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
sol-stice
Definition
- v. i. - A stopping or standing still of the sun.
- v. i. - The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest
from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign
Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the
summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; --
so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward
or southward motion.
- v. i. - The time of the sun's passing the solstices, or
solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust.
in Appendix.
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