Associations to the word «Gnomonic»
Wiktionary
GNOMONIC, adjective. (cartography) Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations.
GNOMONIC PROJECTION, noun. (cartography) A mapping projection in which all great circle paths (on a sphere the shortest path between points) are shown as straight lines.
Wise words
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for
people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or
ill.