solstitial
/sɒlˈstɪʃ.əl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a solstice.
Example Sentences
- "a solstitial point"
- "In the Assyrian Standard [...] we see the figure of an Archer above that of a galloping Bull, and in another Assyrian Standard, that of Sargon II., we find not only the Archer and the Bull, the two constellations which 4,000 b.c. marked the equinoctial colure, but we may also clearly trace a reference to the two constellations which at the same date marked the solstitial colure, namely, those of the Lion and the Water-man."
- "[…] Fig. 2 is taken as being in the solstitial meridian plane N W S E, with the node D in front at the centre of the figure, and the node V behind the figure, D C V being the nodal diameter of the Earth, and W C E a solstitial diameter rectangular to D C V."
- "Gaillard had tried to show that the avenues had a solstitial orientation."
- "[…] the moment of his birth, the solstitial moon is to be full, […]"
- "These two stages of the descriptive and the solstitial moon series were long ago passed through in southern Mexico and a need felt for a more precise time reckoning."
Etymology
From Latin sōlstitiālis.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sōlstitiālis