Associations to the word «Gnomon»
Adverb
Wiktionary
GNOMON, noun. The pointer on a sundial.
GNOMON, noun. (geometry) A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram.
Dictionary definition
GNOMON, noun. Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.