What does "colure" mean?

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

Colure

Q: What is a synonym for "colure"?

Common synonyms include: equinoctial colure, first equinoctial colure, first solstitial colure, second equinoctial colure, second solstitial colure, solstitial colure.

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Noun

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

Synonyms

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equinoctial colure first equinoctial colure first solstitial colure second equinoctial colure second solstitial colure solstitial colure

Etymology

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

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