Define solstice. Please define only "solstice" not summer or winter solstice and be straight forward in your answer.
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Solstice, either of the two moments in the year when the Sun's apparent path is farthest north or south from Earth's Equator. ... At the winter solstice the day is the year's shortest, and at the summer solstice it is the year's longest.
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The word solstice is derived from the Latin sol ("sun") and sistere ("to stand still"), because at the solstices, the Sun's declination appears to "stand still"; that is, the seasonal movement of the Sun's daily path (as seen from Earth) pauses at a northern or southern limit before reversing direction.
A solstice happens when the sun's zenith is at its furthest point from the equator. On the June solstice, it reaches its northernmost point and the Earth's North Pole tilts directly towards the sun, at about 23.4 degrees.