colure

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noun

Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.

OriginLatin colurus ← Ancient Greek κόλουρος →
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Meanings

nouncolure (plural colures)

plural colures

  1. astronomyEither of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκόλουρος“truncated, dock-tailed”
  2. Latincolurus
  3. Englishcolure

From Latin colurus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κόλουρος (kólouros, “truncated, dock-tailed”).

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