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Noun: solstice  sól-stis
  1. Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
    "The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere"

Derived forms: solstices

Type of: cosmic time

Encyclopedia: Solstice