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Colure

Definition:

Noun: A circle or great circle on the celestial sphere that connects the celestial poles.

Noun: Either of the two great circles on the celestial sphere that lie perpendicular to the equator and pass through the celestial poles.

Verb: To encircle something or someone.

Verb: To move around or rotate in a circular manner.

Examples:

Noun:

1. The celestial globes depict the northern and southern colures as lines running from the North to the South Pole.
2. The intersection of the celestial equator and the ecliptic is known as the first colure.

Verb:

1. The snake quickly colured around its unsuspecting prey.
2. She watched as the carousel colured round and round.

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