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Part of a sundial that casts a shadow
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gnomon
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A gnomon ([ˈnoʊmɒn], from Greek , gnōmōn , literally: "one that knows or examines") is the part of a sundial that casts a shadow . The term has come to be used for a variety of purposes in mathematics and other fields.
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n. 1 The pointer on a sundial. 2 (context geometry English) A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram.
Usage examples of gnomon.
Shadows cast by innumerable stone towers combed the dark blue water, all pointing in the same transitory direction, as if the stony pinnacles were gnomons to a half-thousand igneous sundials, tracking in unison the serene march of hours, of aeons.
He named stars of the wild goat, or Capricorn, those where the sun, having reached the highest point in his annuary tract, rests at the summit of the horary gnomon, and imitates the goat, who delights to climb the summit of the rocks.
Newton was constructing a sundial on a south-facing wall, using, as gnomon, a slender rod with a ball on the end.