0 the time of year when there is the greatest length of daylight (summer solstice) or the shortest (winter solstice). -- solhverv; -solhverv
These are associated with horizon positions of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices.
He defines the points of the orb that are called equinoxes and solstices.
Solar irradiance is 60% greater during peak months than during months around the winter solstice.
Using lichen samples with and without cortex showed a substantial protection of the cortex against stress conditions (mainly microclimate), especially at summer solstice.
We do not understand the biological significance of the equinox in this context, since days become constantly longer after the winter solstice.
Aligned so that its long facades are to east and west, it gets much sun at the winter solstice when it is most needed.
The four elements, or dots, surrounding the central bar are distributed at the intercardinal points, or where the sun rises and sets on the solstices.
It has also been suggested that the ballgame is associated with different moments of the sun's apparent journey through the heavens: equinoxes and solstices.
