OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8679

gnomon

/ˈnəʊˌmɒn/
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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.
Approximate scales can be placed on near-field objects in pictures containing the gnomon by using an ellipse template. The Apollo 16 gnomon […] stands on three legs that, on a hard…
[T]he gnomon being the upright, and the shadow the side, the square-root of the sum of the squares is the hypotenuse; […]
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