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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 90Âş 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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