winter solstice
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Noun
winter solstice (usually uncountable, plural winter solstices)
- (astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun.
- Synonym: winter sunstead
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the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun
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