solstitial
/sol-stish-uhl, sohl-/US // sɒlˈstɪʃ əl, soʊl- //
孑孓,孑孓式,孑然一身,孑孓式的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating to a solstice or the solstices: a solstitial point.
- : occurring at or about the time of a solstice.
- : characteristic of the summer solstice.
Examples
The great festivals of Druidism were three: the solstitial festivals of the rise and fall of the year, and the winter festival.
And so, with the rise and dip of the seasons, the European element waxes as the English wanes, in a kind of solstitial see-saw.
Now the townsmen are all out of doors on account of the solstitial holiday.
The first was an equinoctial, the second a solstitial armilla.
The points were directed eastward, the two outside showing the two solstitial points, and that in the centre the equinoctial.
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