gnomon
pronunciation
How to pronounce gnomon in British English:
UK ['nəʊmɒn]
How to pronounce gnomon in American English:
US ['noʊmɒn]
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- Noun:
- indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
Word Origin
- gnomon (n.)
- "vertical shaft that tells time by the shadow it casts" (especially the triangular plate on a sundial), 1540s, from Latin gnomon, from Greek gnomon "indicator (of a sundial), carpenter's rule," also, in plural, "the teeth that mark the age of a horse or mule," literally "one that discerns or examines," from gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)). In geometry from 1560s, from a use in Greek. In early use in English sometimes folk-etymologized as knowman. Related: Gnomonic.
Example
- 1. Gnomon watercolor and gouache painting .
- 2. Indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial .
- 3. Most universities are no longer run by their founders , gnomon still is .
- 4. From your online activity , as well as hosting the gnomon workshop 's own forum , do you have examples you can share ?
- 5. The meridian was a very understandable derivative from what was probably the most ancient astronomical instrument of all , the gnomon , used for measuring the different lengths of the sun 's shadow .