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gnomonic

[ noh-mon-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a gnomon or to a sundial.
  2. of or relating to the measurement of time by a gnomon or a sundial.
  3. of, relating to, or noting a map projection in which all great circles are depicted as straight lines:

    a gnomonic chart.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of gnomonic1

1595–1605; < Latin gnōmonicus “of, belonging to a gnomon” < Greek gnōmonikós. See gnomon, -ic

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