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Noun Concept

Categories: Sundials, Hellenistic engineering, Articles with short description, Greek inventions, Ancient Greek astronomy

gnomon gnomonist Nomon

Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial WordNet 3.0

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Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A gnomon is the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. Wikipedia

Part of a sundial that casts the shadow. Wikipedia Disambiguation

The part of a sundial that casts a shadow Wikidata

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. Wiktionary

Object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

indicator

artificial physical object

PART OF

sundial

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

SAID TO BE THE SAME AS

style

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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gnomonist, Nomon