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Q: What name is given to a pointer on a sundial?
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How do you spell a sundial noman?

The vertical pointer on a sundial is the gnomon.


What is the definition of sundial?

A sundial is a round dial with a pointer for the sun. When placed correctly it will read the time of day.


How can we use shadow to tell the time?

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.


What name is given to the time measuring device which relies upon the sun casting a shadow on its face?

A sundial.


Does a sundial change everyday?

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.


What is the name given to the technique whereby a function argument can be modified by passing a pointer to the argument?

Call_by_reference


What is the birth name of Anita Pointer?

Anita Pointer's birth name is Anita Marie Pointer.


What is the birth name of June Pointer?

June Pointer's birth name is June Antoinette Pointer.


What is the birth name of Ruth Pointer?

Ruth Pointer's birth name is Ruth Esther Pointer.


Why do the name of difference of two squares is it?

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).


What is the name of the arm 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?


What is a sentence for sundial?

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.