英语词汇“gnomonical”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

gnomonical

释义

gnomon /nōˈmon/

noun

The pin of a sundial, whose shadow points to the hour
An upright rod for taking the sun's altitude by its shadow
That which remains of a parallelogram when a similar parallelogram within one of its angles is taken away (geometry)
A geometrical figure which, added to or subtracted from another, gives a figure similar to the original one
An index or indicator (obsolete)
The nose (obsolete; joc)

ORIGIN: Gr gnōmōn a gnomon, a carpenter's square, from gnōnai (aorist) to know

gnomonic or gnomonical /-monˈ/ adjective

Relating to a gnomon or to the art of gnomonics

gnomonˈically adverb

gnomonˈics singular noun (historical)

The art of measuring time by the sundial

gnomonolˈogy noun (rare)

A treatise on gnomonics

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