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colure

[ kuh-loor, koh-, koh-loor ]

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. 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

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of colure1

1540–50; < Late Latin colūrus < Greek kólouros dock-tailed, equivalent to kól ( os ) docked + -ouros -tailed, adj. derivative of ourá tail; so called because the lower part is permanently hidden beneath the horizon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of colure1

C16: from Late Latin colūrī (plural), from Greek kolourai cut short, dock-tailed, from kolos docked + oura tail; so called because the view of the lower part is curtailed
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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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