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colure

colure noun: either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.

Noun

colure (plural colures)

  1. Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.

colure meaning in Tamil and Kannada

colure in Tamil

வானதுருவ வட்டம்

colure in Kannada

ಧ್ರುವವೃತ್ತ

Forms of colure

pluralcolures

Origin of colure

From Latin colurus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κόλουρος (kólouros, “truncated, dock-tailed”).

Words formed from colure

Questions about colure

What does colure mean?
Colure means either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.
What is colure in Tamil?
Colure in Tamil is வானதுருவ வட்டம். See Colure meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is colure?
Colure is a noun.
What is the plural of colure?
The plural of colure is colures.

Words near colure in the dictionary

  1. colums
  2. Colunga
  3. Colungas
  4. colupulone
  5. coluracetam
  6. colure
  7. colures
  8. Colusa
  9. Colusa County
  10. colusite
  11. Colvard

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: colure (page history and authors); colure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); colure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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