Gnomon is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for GNOMON in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the pointer of a sundial
• the projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow.
• the part of a parallelogram left when a similar parallelogram has been taken from its corner.
• stationary arm on a sundial
• The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth\'s axis.
• A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.
• The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
• The index of the hour circle of a globe.
• indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
• a structure, especially a column, used in observing the sun's meridian altitude.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a part of a sundial

Words related to GNOMON

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Words that contain GNOMON

gnomons10 gnomonic13 gnomonics14 gnomonical15 gnomonology18 gnomonically20 gnomonologies17 pathognomonic23 thanatognomonic23

How to use GNOMON in a sentence

• Its shape may be compared roughly to a gnomon, with one longer and one shorter arm.
• It is meant to serve as the gnomon of a gigantic dial, traced in lines of white marble in the pavement of the square.
• It was brought to Rome by Augustus, who dedicated it anew to the sun, and placed it as the gnomon of a meridian in the midst of the Campus Martius.
• A portion of the lines of the celebrated sun-dial, whose gnomon it formed, was brought to light under the sacristy of San Lorenzo in Lucina in 1463.
• The style or gnomon with its base can be made in cement and set on a cement pedestal which has sufficient base placed in the ground to make it solid.
• The sundial, without any gnomon, occupies the central portion of the stone, which is about 7 feet in length, and the inscription is closely packed in the spaces on either side.

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