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Colure

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(n.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90¡ from the former, and is called the solstitial colure.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Colure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/colure.html. 1828.
 
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