analemma
pronunciation
How to pronounce analemma in British English:
UK [ɑ:'nəlemə]
How to pronounce analemma in American English:
US [ɑ'nəlemə]
Word Origin
- analemma (n.)
- 1650s, from Latin analemma "the pedestal of a sundial," hence the sundial itself, from Greek analemma "prop, support," from analambanein "to receive, take up, restore," from ana- "up" (see ana-) + lambanein "to take," from PIE root *(s)lagw- "to seize, take" (cognates: Sanskrit labhate, rabhate "seizes;" Old English læccan "to seize, grasp;" Greek lazomai "I take, grasp;" Old Church Slavonic leca "to catch, snare;" Lithuanian lobis "possession, riches").
Example
- 1. The above multiple-exposure photo shows the figure-eight path of the sun over the course of the entire year , known as an analemma .
- 2. The sun seems to rise from behind the hills near the tholos , a circular building in the sanctuary of athena pronaia in ancient delphi , in an analemma photo composite made in greece in 2001 .