gnomon

pronunciation

UK ['nəʊmɒn]word uk audio image

US ['noʊmɒn] word us audio image

  • n.
    (日晷的)指时针

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Example

1. Gnomon watercolor and gouache painting .
时针水彩和水粉画绘制。
2. Indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial .
通过指时针在标准刻度盘上的投影计算白天时间的仪器。
3. Most universities are no longer run by their founders , gnomon still is .
很多大学都不再是由他们的创建者经营,但是gnomon还是。
4. From your online activity , as well as hosting the gnomon workshop 's own forum , do you have examples you can share ?
基于你的在线活动和主持gnomon工作坊的论坛,你有什么例子可以分享的吗?
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 .
我们很容易理解子午线是从圭表衍生出来的,圭表是中国古代用来度量日影长度的天文仪器,很可能是所有天文仪器中最古老的。

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