colure
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.
Origin of colure
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How to use colure in a sentence
For some reason, the equator, the colure, the zenith and the poles were all marked out by these serpentine or draconic forms.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter MaunderThe western star, in the head of Andromeda, lies in the equinoctial colure.
Letters on Astronomy | Denison OlmstedThe solstitial colure is the meridian which passes through the solstitial points.
Letters on Astronomy | Denison OlmstedThe equinoctial colure is the meridian which passes through the equinoctial points.
Letters on Astronomy | Denison OlmstedNote the star μ, which serves to point out the Winter Solstice, where the solstitial colure intersects the ecliptic.
A Field Book of the Stars | William Tyler Olcott
British Dictionary definitions for colure
/ (kəˈlʊə, ˈkəʊlʊə) /
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
Origin of colure
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