Translations for „solstice“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

solstice [ˈsɒlstɪs, Am ˈsɑ:l-] N

the summer/winter solstice

przesilenie nt letnie/zimowe

solstice N

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solstice ASTRON

solstycjum nt

Usage examples with solstice

the summer/winter solstice

przesilenie nt letnie/zimowe

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English

These complexes are oriented and aligned according to specific astronomical events (primarily the sun's solstices and equinoxes) and are thought to have been observatories.

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It's a solar calendar, which contains 18 months of 20 days, and 2/3 transition days before the winter solstice and summer solstice.

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Other holidays are the two solstices and the two equinoxes.

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For this reason, the month name is arranged in orderly row from the month with the winter solstice, except the intercalary month.

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The time at which each hemisphere points farthest or nearest from its star is known as its solstice.

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They believed that it was seated immediately under the tropic, and that on the day of the summer solstice, a vertical staff cast no shadow.

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For this reason during the summer solstice, the night is magic.

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Two golden arcs along the sides, marking the angle between the solstices, were added later.

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They put the lion, as the king of their animal kingdom, into the place in the zodiac in which the summer solstice occurs.

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Also, since perihelion and aphelion do not happen on exactly the same dates as the solstices, the maxima and minima are slightly asymmetrical.

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