gnomon
noun
- a column or pin on a sundial, etc. that casts a shadow indicating the time of day
- the part of a parallelogram remaining after a similar, smaller parallelogram has been taken from one of its corners
See gnomon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(nōˈmŏnˌ, -mən)
noun- An object, such as the style of a sundial, that projects a shadow used as an indicator.
- The geometric figure that remains after a parallelogram has been removed from a similar but larger parallelogram with which it shares a corner.
Related Forms:
- gno·monˈic, gno·monˈi·cal adjective
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