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Gnomon

speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
In Clocks & Timekeeping:
An
such as a
or a
that
by the
it
when the
, especially the
on a
dial.
●
An
such as a
used by an
to
the
of the
(that is, the
of the
when it
the
's
), for the
of
the
's latitude.
●
The
of the
of a globe.
●
In Geometry:
A
by
a
from a
of a
.
●
In Mathematics:
A number
the
between two
(“numbers
to the
of
in
of
”).
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Origin

gnomon
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gnomon
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γνώμων
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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