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Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
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gnomon
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In geometry , a gnomon is a plane figure formed by removing a similar parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram; or, more generally, a figure that, added to a given figure, makes a larger figure of the same shape.
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n. indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
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.