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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 368 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOLSTICE (See also:Lat. solstitium, from sal, See also:sun, and sistere, to stand still) , in See also:astronomy either of the two points at which the sun reaches its greatest See also:declination See also:north or See also:south. Each solstice is upon the See also:ecliptic midway between the equinoxes, and there-fore 9o° from each. The See also:term is also applied to the moment at which the sun reaches the point thus defined.

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