gnomon.
gnomon; rod or pillar on a sundial whose shadow is used to indicate the time
Meaning & usage
gnomon; rod or pillar on a sundial whose shadow is used to indicate the time
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “discerner, interpreter; gnomon of a sundial”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to be aware of; to perceive; to know”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
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