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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_176870" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A stopping or standing still of the sun. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79771" /> == | |||
<p> [[Summer]] and winter, the two recurring periods of the year at which the sun is farthest distant N. or S. from the equator, which mark midsummer and midwinter, the times being the 21st of June and 22nd of December; also applied to the two points in the [[Ecliptic]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), which the sun appears to reach on these two dates. </p> | <p> [[Summer]] and winter, the two recurring periods of the year at which the sun is farthest distant N. or S. from the equator, which mark midsummer and midwinter, the times being the 21st of June and 22nd of December; also applied to the two points in the [[Ecliptic]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), which the sun appears to reach on these two dates. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_176870"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/solstice Solstice from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_79771"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/solstice Solstice from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79771"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/solstice Solstice from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:00, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) A stopping or standing still of the sun.
(2): ( 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.
(3): ( 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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Summer and winter, the two recurring periods of the year at which the sun is farthest distant N. or S. from the equator, which mark midsummer and midwinter, the times being the 21st of June and 22nd of December; also applied to the two points in the Ecliptic ( q. v .), which the sun appears to reach on these two dates.
