summer solstice
See also: Summer Solstice
English
Noun
summer solstice (usually uncountable, plural summer solstices)
- (astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.
- Synonym: summer sunstead
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Translations
the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun
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