Look up: gnomon

1. gnomon
   [n] - indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
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2. gnomon
   The projecting arm of a sundial, also known as the style. It casts a shadow, the tip of which points to markings round the rim of the dial that show the time. For accurate reading, the angle of the gnomon must be related to the latitude in which the sundial is set.
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3. Gnomon
   Gno'mon noun [ Latin gnomon , Greek ... one that knows, the index of a sundial. See Gnome .] 1. (Dialing) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis. 2...
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4. gnomon
   1. The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis. ... 2. <astronomy> A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by...
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5. gnomon
   noun indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
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6. Gnomon
   • (n.) The index of the hour circle of a globe. • (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth`s axis. • (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its pri...
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7. gnomon
   (from the article `number game`) The gnomons include all of the odd numbers; these can be represented by a right angle, or a carpenter`s square, as illustrated in Figure 3. Gnomons ... In the speculation on odd and even numbers, the early Pythagoreans used so-called gnmones (Greek: `carpenter`s squares`). Judging from Aristotl...
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8. gnomon
   (from the article `sundial`) The first device for indicating the time of day was probably the gnomon, dating from about 3500 . It consisted of a vertical stick or pillar; the ...
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9. gnomon
   gnomon 1. An object; such as, the style of a sundial, that projects a shadow used as an indicator. 2. The geometric figure that remains after a parallelogram has been removed from a similar but larger parallelogram with which it shares a corner.
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10. gnomon
    gnomon (nō'mon) : see sundial.
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11. Gnomon
    A gnomon is the pin or triangular plate on a sundial which causes a shadow to be cast by the sun onto the graduated dial. Originally the term was applied to structures erected perpendicularly to the horizon, from whose shadow the altitudes, declinations, etc, of the sun and stars may be determined. ...
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12. gnomon
    The projecting arm of a sundial, also known as the style. It casts a shadow, the tip of which points to markings round the rim of the dial that show the time. For accurate reading, the angle of the gnomon must be related to the latitude in which the sundial is set.
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13. Gnomon
    The `gnomon` is the part of a sundial that casts the shadow. Gnomon (γνώμων) is an ancient Greek word meaning "indicator", "one who discerns," or "that which reveals." It has come to be used for a variety of purposes in mathematics and other fields. U...
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14. Gnomon
    (figure) In geometry, a `gnomon` is a plane figure formed by removing a similar parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram. More generically, the term gnomon denotes the form that is to be added to a figure to produce a larger figure of the same shape. Building figurative numbers: ...
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