COLURE

Noun

colure (plural colures)

(astronomy) Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.

Coordinate terms

• equinoctial colure

• first equinoctial colure

• second equinoctial colure

• solstitial colure

• first solstitial colure

• second solstitial colure

Anagrams

• Lucero, ulcero-

Source: Wiktionary

Co*lure", n.; pl. Colures. Etym: [F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr. (Astron. & Geog.)

Definition: One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90º from the former, and is called the solstitial colure. Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car of night From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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