gno·mon
(nōmŏn′, -mən)
(nōmŏn′, -mən)n.
1. An object, such as the style of a sundial, that projects a shadow used as an indicator.
2. The geometric figure that remains after a parallelogram has been removed from a similar but larger parallelogram with which it shares a corner.
[Latingnōmōn, fromGreek, interpreter, pointer of a sundial, fromgignōskein, to know; see gnō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
gno·monic, gno·moni·caladj.
gnomontop: on a sundial
bottom: A gnomon of the parallelogram ABCD is the shaded figure HBCDKL.
- principal focus
- principality
- principally
- principal parts
- principal quantum number
- principalship
- principium
- principle
- principled
- principle of independent assortment
- principle of segregation
- prink
- prinker
- printability
- printable
- print bar
- printed circuit
- printed matter
- printer
- printer's devil
- printhead
- printing
- printing office
- printing press