colure: Meaning and Definition of

co•lure

Pronunciation: (ku-loor', kō-, kō'loor), [key]
— n. Astron.
  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.
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