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colure
[ kuh-loor, koh-, koh-loor ]
noun
- either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
colure
/ kəˈlʊə; ˈkəʊlʊə /
noun
- either of two great circles on the celestial sphere, one of which passes through the celestial poles and the equinoxes and the other through the poles and the solstices
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Origin of colure1
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Example Sentences
For some reason, the equator, the colure, the zenith and the poles were all marked out by these serpentine or draconic forms.
The western star, in the head of Andromeda, lies in the equinoctial colure.
The solstitial colure is the meridian which passes through the solstitial points.
The equinoctial colure is the meridian which passes through the equinoctial points.
Note the star μ, which serves to point out the Winter Solstice, where the solstitial colure intersects the ecliptic.
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