Gnomon

//ˈnəʊˌmɒn//

Synonyms for "gnomon" (6 found)

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Noun(1 words)
cock

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Noun(1 words)
style

Related words (3)

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Translations

65 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • γνώμων noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • κερκίς noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Arabic

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  • قياس noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գնոմոն noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Basque

1 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гно́ман noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • гно́мон noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Catalan

2 entries
  • estil noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • gnòmon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 晷針 /晷针 noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Czech

1 entries
  • gnómon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Dutch

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  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Estonian

1 entries
  • gnoomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Finnish

1 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

French

3 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • gnomon noun (plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram)
  • style noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Friulian

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  • aste noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • gnomon noun (object used to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun)
  • gnomon noun (plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram)

Galician

1 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გნომონი noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

German

1 entries
  • Gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Greek

1 entries
  • γνώμονας noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גנומון noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Hindi

1 entries
  • शंकुक noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • gnómon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • gnómon noun (plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sólsproti noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Ido

1 entries
  • gnomono noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Irish

2 entries
  • snáthaid noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • snáthaid chlog gréine noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Italian

2 entries
  • gnomone noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • stilo noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Japanese

1 entries
  • グノモン noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Korean

1 entries
  • 규표 noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Latvian

1 entries
  • gnomons noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gnomonas noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Malay

1 entries
  • paku bayang noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Occitan

1 entries
  • gnomòn noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Persian

2 entries
  • اشارهگر noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • شاخص noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Polish

4 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • gnomon noun (object used to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun)
  • gnomon noun (index of the hour circle of a globe)
  • gnomon noun (plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • gnômon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Romanian

1 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun)

Russian

1 entries
  • гно́мон noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • नृ noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • स्थाणु noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • gnòmōn noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)
  • гно̀мо̄н noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Slovak

1 entries
  • gnómon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Slovene

2 entries
  • gnomon noun (plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram)
  • gnómon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Spanish

1 entries
  • estilo noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Swedish

1 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பா noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gnomon noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ґно́мон noun (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it)

Urdu

1 entries
  • علم noun (plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram)

Sample sentences

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Let a Gnomon, being firſt ſharpened into a Point, be ſhaped, and faſtned in ſuch wiſe, that it no way hinder either the draught of the Horizontal Line, or the Point of the ſhadow from having free access to the Dial at all times of the Year. […] Upon the Superfices of the Dial, obſerve the Point of the Shadow of the Gnomon (making a mark at it) and the Sun's Altitude, both of them at the ſame inſtant of time.

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The moſt celebrated gnomons, for examining the courſe of the ſun, which are exiſting at this time, have been ſuppoſed to be that in the church of St Petronio at Bologna, 89 Engliſh feet high; that of the Chartreux at Rome, about 67 feet; and that of St Sulpice at Paris, 86 feet. […] [T]he gnomon of the cathedral of that city [Florence], erected by [Paolo dal Pozzo] Toscanelli, in the courſe of the 16th century, whoſe height exceeds that of the three before-mentioned, taken all together, being near 300 Engliſh feet, and higher than our London monument by almoſt a third part.

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[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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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 surface, define a circle 61.7 cm in diameter.

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