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analemmata

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an⋅a⋅lem⋅ma

  [an-l-em-uh]
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–noun, plural an⋅a⋅lem⋅mas, an⋅a⋅lem⋅ma⋅ta  [an-l-em-uh-tuh] .
a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.
Origin:
1645–55; < L: pedestal of a sundial, sundial < Gk análēmma support

Related forms:
an⋅a⋅lem⋅mat⋅ic  [an-l-e-mat-ik] , adjective
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