SOLSTICES
- SOLSTICE, the time when the sun is farthest from the equator [n]
- Either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days
- SOLSTICE, the time of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator [n]