COLURES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Colure

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Middle English: from late Latin coluri (plural), from Greek kolourai (grammai) ‘truncated (lines)’, from kolouros ‘truncated’, so named because the lower part is permanently cut off from view

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: kəˈl(j)ʊə
Dialects: British English
Definition:

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.

Short Definition:

either of two great circles intersecting at right angles at celestial poles

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