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Definition of Colures
1. colure [n] - See also: colure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colures
Literary usage of Colures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the by Thomas Keith (1811)
"... Aries and Libra ;* the other through the solstitial points, Cancer and Capricorn:
hence they are called the equinoctial and solstitial colures. ..."
2. The Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial by Augustus De Morgan (1845)
"The sun's motion—Ecliptic and colures—Solar day—Combined circular motions—
Reckoning of time—Mean solar day—Sidereal and tropical years—Celestial latitude ..."
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