2007-07-17

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2007-07-17 07:27 am

gnomon

gnomon - n., that part of a sundial whose shadow indicates the time.


From Latin gnōmōn, from Greek, gnōmōn, indicator, lit. interpreter, discerner, from gignoskein, to come to know. Wikicommons has as many picture of sundials with gnomons as you need.

---L.