Definitions for colure

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colure co·lure

Spelling: [kuh-loo r, koh-, koh-l

IPA: /kəˈlʊər, koʊ-, ˈkoʊ lʊər/

Colure is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in colure (celoru).

Definitions for colure

noun

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.

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 ben

Examples for colure

For some reason, the equator, the colure, the zenith and the poles were all marked out by these serpentine or draconic forms.