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"Solstice" refers to a day that has the maximum difference between day and night - either the longest day or the shortest day. The opposite would be the "equinox", which is when the day hours equal the night hours.
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What term means sun stop?
solstice.
The sun is directly overhead at noon at the equator two times each year what is the term for these events?
Solstice
What is the term for the time period in the Northern Hemisphere when the sun is directly overhead at 23.5 degrees north latitude?
summer solstice
What is the meaning of ozonosphere?
It actually means this. Technical term for ozone layer.
Describe the winter solstice?
The solstices are when the Sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator; the point in the apparent path of the Sun at which the Sun is farthest south of the equator. Solstice happens twice a year on about June 21 and December 21.In other words, the solstice is when the tilt of the Earth's axis is in most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach its northernmost or southernmost extreme. This makes the winter solstice the shortest day of the year, and summer summer solstice the longest.solstices are when the it is the shortest day (December 22-25) of the year or the longest (June 21-23).Here is what the dictionary says. "1. Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator. The summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs about June 21, when the sun is in the zenith at the tropic of Cancer; the winter solstice occurs about December 21, when the sun is over the tropic of Capricorn. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and the winter solstice is the shortest." The word solsitce is a noun.It comes from a term that literally means "sun stand", because the sun reaches its highest or lowest point of the year on the solstice (highest on the summer solstice, lowest on the winter solstice).
What is mathematical term for the exact opposite of a number?
Inverse
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What is the exact meaning of signicant in Tagalog term?
mahalaga
What is the term has an opposite meaning of osteosclerosis?
Abnormal hardness and density of bone.
What term is defined for words that have same meaning or nearly the same meaning?
Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.
What is meant by the term other side?
The other side can be classified as 'the opposite side', meaning the side opposite of it.
What is the meaning of opposite in a mathematical term?
The answer depends on the context. There are opposite numbers that can be the additive inverses, or multiplicative inverses.
The opposite term of 'rakshisu' in Kannada language you need it badly please?
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What is the opposite of melano?
what is the opposite medical term for melano? The opposite of melan/o meaning black is leuk/o which means white.
What is the medical term meaning pointing the toes down?
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What is the opposite of the term bullish?
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What is the medical term meaning softening of the liver?
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