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Definition of Gnomonics
1. n. The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.
Definition of Gnomonics
1. Noun. The art of designing and constructing sundials ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gnomonics
1. the science of making sundials [n GNOMONICS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnomonics
Literary usage of Gnomonics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Mathematical and General Navigation Tables: Including Every by Thomas Kerigan (1838)
"SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS IN gnomonics OR DIALLING. Dialling, or gnomonics, is a branch
of mixed mathematics, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"a M.) DIALLING DIALLING, sometimes called gnomonics, is a branch of applied ....
The .history of gnomonics from tne 13th to the beginning of the 16th ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"DIALLING, sometimes called gnomonics, is a branch of applied mathematics which
treats of the construction of sun-dials, that is, of those instruments, ..."
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