Gnomon Definition

nōmŏn, -mən
noun
A column or pin on a sundial, etc. that casts a shadow indicating the time of day.
Webster's New World
The part of a parallelogram remaining after a similar, smaller parallelogram has been taken from one of its corners.
Webster's New World

The pointer on a sundial.

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Noun

Singular:
gnomon
Plural:
gnomons

Origin of Gnomon

  • From Latin gnomon, from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnōmōn, “indicator”), related to γιγνώσκω (gignōskō, “I know”) and γνῶσις (gnōsis, “knowledge”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin gnōmōn from Greek interpreter, pointer of a sundial from gignōskein to know gnō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gnomon Sentence Examples

  • He taught, if he did not discover, the obliquity of the ecliptic, is said to have introduced into Greece the gnomon (for determining the solstices) and the sundial, and to have invented some kind of geographical map. But his reputation is due mainly to his work on nature, few words of which remain.

  • His Lectiones in omnes Psalmos Davidis (1635) is exceedingly suggestive and terse in its style, reminding of Bengel's Gnomon, as does also his Commentarius utriusque Epist.

  • When not in use the gnomon is folded downwards and stored inside the cylinder.

  • Nearly all sundials have a gnomon (which casts the shadow) pointing to the Celestial Pole.

  • It too incorporates the splint gnomon giving the light of light at every noontime.

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