COLURE


Meaning of COLURE in English

[ kə'ljʊə ]

■ noun Astronomy either of two great circles intersecting at right angles at the celestial poles and passing through the ecliptic at either the equinoxes or the solstices.

Origin

ME: from late L. coluri (plural), from Gk kolourai (grammai) 'truncated (lines)', so named because the lower part is permanently cut off from view.

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