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colureenUK
colure (kəˈlʊə; ˈkəʊlʊə) n (Astronomy) 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[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]TranslationscolureenUK
colure[kə′lu̇r] (astronomy) A great circle of the celestial sphere through the celestial poles and either the equinoxes or solstices, called respectively the equinoctial colure or the solstitial colure. |