colure
Example Sentences
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He is now advancing among the stars, and will soon be again upon the equinoctial colure.
Thus after seventy-two years the colure of the vernal equinox which passed through a fixed star, corresponds with another fixed star.
From Letters on England by Voltaire
The equator, ecliptic, and equinoctial colure intersect each other at a point close to the star η.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
The meridian at midnight at the time of the spring equinox is called a "colure,"—the "autumnal colure," because the sun crosses it in autumn.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
For some reason, the equator, the colure, the zenith and the poles were all marked out by these serpentine or draconic forms.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
