Gnomon

English

Etymology

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The geometry sense (sense 4) is from the resemblance of the plane figure to a carpenter’s square. Similarly, a gnomon in mathematics (sense 5) is also shaped like a carpenter’s square when depicted pictorially if the figurate numbers are squares.

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Noun

1. An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial. Template:Defdate

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2. An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is, the altitude of the sun when it reaches the observer's meridian), for the purpose of determining the observer's latitude.
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3. The index of the hour circle of a globe.
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4. Template:Lb A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram.
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French

Etymology

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Noun

1. gnomon

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Latin

gnōmōn (rod on a sundial)

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Noun

1. gnomon; rod or pillar on a sundial whose shadow is used to indicate the time

Descendants

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Polish

Noun

1. gnomon

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Romanian

Etymology

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1. gnomon

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Swedish

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