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A sundial is a round dial with a pointer for the sun. When placed correctly it will read the time of day.
The raised arm of a sundial that indicates the time of day by its shadow is the gnomon (NO-mon). A sundial has but one arm, what do you mean by secondary arm?
The raised arm of a sundial that indicates the time of day by its shadow is the gnomon (NO-mon). A sundial has but one arm, what do you mean by secondary arm?
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Gnomon
The vertical pointer on a sundial is the gnomon.
A sundial is a round dial with a pointer for the sun. When placed correctly it will read the time of day.
You can use a sundial, which is a device that uses the position of the sun's shadow to tell time. By placing a stick or pointer on the sundial, the shadow it casts can indicate the time based on markings on the sundial's face.
A sundial.
The sundial itself doesn't really change day to day, or even year to year. They are generally fixed to the Earth and are not, in general, portable. The shadow cast by the "gnomon" (the pointer of the sundial) does move moment by moment throughout the day, and slightly from day to day.
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Anita Pointer's birth name is Anita Marie Pointer.
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Ruth Pointer's birth name is Ruth Esther Pointer.
The only specialized word I can think of for the difference between two squares is "gnomon", and it's called that because it sort of looks like one (a gnomon is the word for the "pointer" part of a sundial).
The raised arm of a sundial that indicates the time of day by its shadow is the gnomon (NO-mon). A sundial has but one arm, what do you mean by secondary arm?
sun dial means: An instrument showing the time by the shadow of a pointer cast by the sun onto a plate marked with the hours of the day.