Usually means: Longest and shortest daylight periods.
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  1. solstices: Merriam-Webster
  2. solstices: Collins English Dictionary
  3. solstices: Vocabulary.com
  4. Solstices, solstices: Wordnik
  5. solstices: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. solstices: Wiktionary
  7. solstices: Dictionary.com
  8. solstices: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Solstices: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (solstice)

noun:  One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
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