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Sundial style
Answer for the clue "Sundial style ", 6 letters:
gnomon
Alternative clues for the word gnomon
- Sundial shadow-caster
- Sundial arm
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- Early astronomical instrument
- Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
- Sundial's essential part
- Pin of a sundial whose shadow points to the hour
- Part of a sundial that casts a shadow
Word definitions for gnomon in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gnomon \Gno"mon\, n. [L. gnomon, Gr. ? one that knows, the index of a sundial. See Gnome .] (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. (Astron.) A style or column erected ...
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.