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gnomonic

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[noh-mon-ik] / noʊˈmɒn ɪk /
Sometimes gnomonical

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. gnomic.

  4. of, relating to, or noting a map projection in which all great circles are depicted as straight lines.

    a gnomonic chart.

Etymology

Origin of gnomonic

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

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