gnomon
Example Sentences
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As visitors hover over the work, functioning as a vertical gnomon, their shadows fall onto one of the panels, depending on the time of day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
The pole serves as a gnomon, the part of a sundial that casts a shadow to denote time.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
A gnomon is the perpendicular part of a sundial, the part that casts a shadow.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2018
He filed the heads off the nails, and then tapped them into the gimlet holes; they wanted a little bending, and then their points met, forming a gnomon, like putting the two forefingers together.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
Sometimes the dial-maker placed on the gnomon various Masonic symbols—the compass, square, and triangle, or the coat of arms of the dial owner.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
