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hemicyclium
[ hem-i-sik-lee-uhm ]
noun
- a sundial in the form of a concave quarter sphere having a rodlike gnomon lying within one radius and marked on its surface with arcs that lie in the same plane as the gnomon.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hemicyclium1
From Latin; hemicycle
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