Definitions
indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial
Word origin
Borrowed from French gnomon, or directly from its etymon Latin gnōmōn, or directly from its etymon Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “discerner, interpreter; carpenter’s square; gnomon of a sundial; (geometry) gnomon”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to be aware of; to perceive; to know”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”); the word is thus related to know.
Used in a sentence
“[T]he gnomon being the upright, and the shadow the side, the square-root of the sum of the squares is the hypotenuse; […]”
“Index of a globe, the little style or gnomon, which being fixed on the pole of the globe, and turning round with it, points out the hours upon the hour circle.”
“If a Parallelogram be divided into four leſſer ones, by two Lines interſecting each other; and one of theſe Parallelograms be retrench'd, or taken away; the other three will make a Gnomon, ordinarily call'd a Square.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Shadow marker”6 letters
02“Sundial pointer”6 letters
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