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| == solstice ==
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| #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Either of the two points on the sun's apparent annual path where it is displaced farthest, north or south, from the earth's [[equator]], that is, a point of greatest [[deviation]] of the [[ecliptic]] from the [[celestial equator]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The [[Tropic of Cancer]] (north) and [[Tropic of Capricorn]] (south) are defined as those parallels of latitude that lie directly beneath a solstice.</div><br/> </div>
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| #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Popularly, the time at which the sun is farthest north or south; the "time of the solstice."</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In the Northern Hemisphere the [[summer solstice]] falls on or about 21 June, and the [[winter solstice]] on or about 22 December. The reverse is true in southern latitudes. <br/>''Compare'' [[equinox]].</div><br/> </div>
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