colure
Example Sentences
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He is now advancing among the stars, and will soon be again upon the equinoctial colure.
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)
The reverence paid to Taurus continued long after, by the precession of the Equinoxes, the colure of the vernal equinox had come to pass through Aries.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
