Meaning Of The Word Colure

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What's The Definition Of Colure?

colure in American English
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at right angles at the celestial poles: one passes through the solstices (solstitial colure), the other through the equinoxes ( equinoctial colure)
noun: 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 in British English
noun: 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

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