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How to use solstice in a sentence

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Solstice means one of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest. Example: “The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.”

Examples of solstice by meaning

nounOne of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one...

  • The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.2010, Capt Sp Meek, The Solar Magnet

More sentences with solstice

  • Among the Norse, the god Balder is the most closely associated with the solstices.2005, A. Bhatnagar, William Charles Livingston, Fundamentals of Solar Astronomy, page 3. From the entry balder
  • Although today is not usually celebrated macronationally, a number of micronations have public holidays on the solstices, including Adammia and Uskor.2021 December 21, EmpireOfAdammia, Twitter. From the entry macronationally
  • The winterward heart moves to solstice with the stark sense that, tilted too far from its sun, it will chill.2009, Martin E. Marty, A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart, page 150. From the entry winterward
  • The association of Imbolc with fire comes from its place as the midpoint between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox.2007, Judy Ann Nock, “Season Three: Imbolc: First Light in the Dark of Winter”, in The Provenance Press Guide to the Wiccan Year: Spells…. From the entry Imbolc
  • The winter solstice is something you can depend upon.1986 December 14, Mary Morrisey, “Roll Over, Jehovah — And Tell St. Nick the News”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 5. From the entry here and now
  • We mark solstices and equinoxes by festivals rooted in myths.1980 December 20, Nancy Walker, “Happy Holidays”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 16. From the entry reaffirmation
  • Lunar New Year happens on the second new moon after winter solstice, which is also Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) — 47 days before Easter Sunday.2026 February 16, Alicia Eler, “Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and…. From the entry lent
  • Though Midsummer’s Day celebrations are common in the modern Celtic countries, there is no evidence that the ancient Celts celebrated either the solstices or the equinoctes.2006, John T. Koch, “calendar, Celtic”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, volume I, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, §4…. From the entry equinox
  • After the winter solstice, while the ambient temperature still remained low, nest sharing declined rapidly, due to increasing intolerance among the fat-tailed dunnarts, as breeding began.2005, C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials, page 158. From the entry dunnart
  • For a day-long summer solstice piece, Nordman moved everything out of the main exhibition halls and covered the floors and lower walls with white vinyl and sheetboard.1985, Thomas Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980, →ISBN. From the entry sheetboard
  • What hours have I paced those platforms, endlessly, hopelessly, where the draughts of Siberia and the solstice heats of Ecuador focus their unscrupling rigours on the eructated passenger.1928, Robert Byron, “Frankfort”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf…. From the entry eructate

Meaning of solstice

  1. noun One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

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Questions about solstice in a sentence

How do you use solstice in a sentence?
Solstice is used as a noun. For example: “The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.”
What is a short sentence with solstice?
“The winter solstice is something you can depend upon.”
What does solstice mean?
Solstice means one of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

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