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Definition of Gnomon
1. Noun. Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial.
Definition of Gnomon
1. 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.
Definition of Gnomon
1. Noun. The pointer on a sundial. ¹
2. Noun. (geometry) A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gnomon
1. a part of a sundial [n -S] : GNOMONIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Gnomon
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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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnomon
Literary usage of Gnomon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"The gnomon of every dial represents the axis of the world. See DIAL and DIALING.
t•NOMON, in geometry. If, in a parallelogram (PI. VI. Miscel. fig. ..."
2. In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times by Fridtjof Nansen (1911)
"In the case mentioned above the gnomon •was a vertical column raised on a plane.
By measuring the length of the 600 height of the column. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"I do not say there Is such Difficulty to conceive a Rock standing still when the
Waves run by it : or the gnomon of a Dial when the Shaddow passes from one ..."
4. The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob, James Dafforne (1870)
"HOROLOGY. Modes of measuring Time among the Ancients.—The gnomon. ... the ancients
there were three instruments for measuring time—the gnomon, or sun-dial, ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"gnomon, in astronomy, is an instrument or apparatus for measuring the ...
The gnomon is usually a pillar, or column, or pyramid, erected upon level ground, ..."