- A
gnomon (/ˈnoʊˌmɒn, -mən/; from
Ancient Gr**** γνώμων (
gnṓmōn) 'one that
knows or examines') is the part of a
sundial that
casts a shadow. The term is...
- of the
gnomon,
though a
single point or
nodus may be used. The
gnomon casts a
broad shadow; the
shadow of the
style shows the time. The
gnomon may be...
- Look up
gnomon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
gnomon is the part of a
sundial that
casts the shadow.
Gnomon may also
refer to:
Gnomon (figure),...
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Gnomon is a 2017
science fiction novel by
British author Nick Harkaway. The book
deals with a
state that
exerts ubiquitous surveillance on its po****tion...
- In geometry, a
gnomon is a
plane figure formed by
removing a
similar parallelogram from a
corner of a
larger parallelogram; or, more generally, a figure...
- a
golden gnomon. By
trisecting its apex angle, a
golden gnomon can be
subdivided into a
golden triangle and a
golden gnomon. A
golden gnomon and a golden...
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translated as 'On the
gnomon and the
circular paths of Heaven', the 'Zhou
shadow gauge manual', the '
Gnomon of the Zhou sundial', and '
Gnomon of the Zhou dynasty'...
- The
theorem of the
gnomon states that
certain parallelograms occurring in a
gnomon have
areas of
equal size. In a
parallelogram A B C D {\displaystyle...
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Gnomon Island is a
small rocky island lying just
north of
Point Wild, on
Elephant Island in the
South Shetland Islands. It was
charted by
Ernest Shackleton's...
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intended to have a
yield of 10
gigatons of TNT,
while its counterpart,
Gnomon, was
intended to have a
yield of 1 gigaton. If
built and detonated, Sundial...
