We originally used it to mean an object whose shadow serves as an indicator of time. Then it came to refer more generally to the shape resulting when a parallelogram has a similar parallelogram removed from one corner, as sundials had pointers that shape. It is also a mathematical term.
We get gnomon from latin meaning indicator, or specifically the pin of a sundial. It came from Greek meaning interpreter or discerner, originally from the root gnostos: known or understood. So it could also be used in the sense of someone wise or foreseeing.
The gnomon is the part of a sundial whose shadow ... cast on a numbered scale ... indicates the solar time.
The `Gnomon` is the part of the shadow clock, or sun dial, that casts a shadow onto the face from the sun, so that the time can be read.
There are many uses. Most of them are industrial uses.
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A light bulb uses energy. It uses electricity.
It doesn't. The gnomon is supposed to match the latitude of the location where the sundial is placed. If the latitude is 30 degrees and the gnomon is 45 the entire sundial will have to be tilted to keep correct time. Another way to describe this is to say that the gnomon should be parallel to the Earth's axis.
The web address of the Gnomon Productions is: http://anamericanasaga.com
The phone number of the Gnomon Productions is: 415-956-7030.
The gnomon is the physical component of a sundial that casts a shadow onto the graduated scale for the purpose of timekeeping.
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The cast of Gnomon - 2002 includes: Aina Clotet Pedro Herreros Santi Sans
The gnomon must be facing north and the base must be level
The suns angle creates a colored diffraction line directly on the CD, that is, there is no shadow created so you do not need a gnomon.
The address of the Gnomon Productions is: 463 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94133
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