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Definitions for Colure

[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.
[2] 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

Words related to Colure

sphere, ring, globe, circus, crown, disk, enclosure, belt, bowl, meridian, horizon, circlet, hoop, aureole, compass, coil, lap, halo, cycle, circumference

Words nearby Colure

columnar jointing, columnarized, columnea, columniation, columnist, colure, colwyn bay, coly, colza, colza oil, colón

Origin of Colure

1540–50; < Late Latin colūrus < Greek kólouros dock-tailed, equivalent to kól(os ) docked + -ouros -tailed, adj. derivative of ourá tail; so called because the lower part is permanently hidden beneath the horizon

Word origin for Colure

C16: from Late Latin colūrī (plural), from Greek kolourai cut short, dock-tailed, from kolos docked + oura tail; so called because the view of the lower part is curtailed

Synonyms for Colure

aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, full turn, parallel of