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Word of the day
(from Collins English dictionary 1984)

‘solstice’ – 1. either the shortest day of the year (winter solstice), marking the beginning of the astronomical winter, or the longest day of the year (summer solstice), marking the beginning of the astronomical summer.

                    2. either of the two points on the ecliptic at which the sun is overhead at the tropic of Cancer or Capricorn at the summer and winter solstices.
(from the Latin solstitium meaning literally ‘the (apparent) standing still of the sun’)