Look up: gnomon

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   gnomon
   [n] - indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
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   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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   Gnomon
   Definition (keystage 3) The part of a sundial which casts a shadow.
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   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. (Astron.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to ...
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   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 measuring the length of its shadow. ... 3. <geom ...
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   gnomon
   noun indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
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   Gnomon
   The `gnomon` is the part of a sundial that casts the shadow. Gnomon is an ancient Greek word meaning `indicator`, `one who discerns,` or `that which reveals.` In the northern hemisphere, the shadow-casting edge is normally oriented so that it points north and is parallel to the rotation axis of the Earth. That is, it is inclined to the horizontal at an angle that equals the latitude of the sundial's location. On some sundials, the gnomon is ve...
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   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 principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by ...
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   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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    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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    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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    gnomon
    gnomon (nō'mon) : see sundial.
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