co|lure

co|lure
co|lure «koh LUR, KOH lur», noun.
Astronomy. either of two hour circles of the celestial sphere, one passing through the equinoctial points, and the other, 90 degrees away along the ecliptic, through the solstitial points.
[< Latin colūrus < Greek kólouros docktailed < kólos cut off + ourá tail (because in Greece part of each circle is cut off by the horizon)]

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