Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - solstice
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(solstices) The summer solstice is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight, and the winter solstice is the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin solstitium, from sol sun + -stit-, -stes standing; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at solar, stand Date: 13th century 1. either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 22 and December 22 2. the time of the sun's passing a ~ which occurs about June 22 to begin summer in the northern hemisphere and about December 22 to begin winter in the northern hemisphere ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 either of the times when the sun is furthest from the equator. 2 the point in its ecliptic reached by the sun at a solstice. Phrases and idioms summer solstice the time at which the sun is furthest north from the equator, about 21 June in the northern hemisphere. winter solstice the time at which the sun is furthest south from the equator, about 22 Dec. in the northern hemisphere. Derivatives solstitial adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L solstitium f. sol sun + sistere stit- make stand ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. астр. солнцестояние the summer (the winter) solstice —- летнее (зимнее) солнцестояние 2. точка солнцестояния 3. высшая, предельная точка; кульминация; критическое состояние ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1250, from O.Fr. solstice, from L. solstitium "point at which the sun seems to stand still," from sol "sun" + pp. stem of sistere "to come to a stop, make stand still." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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