gnomon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gnomon, or directly from its etymon Latin gnōmōn, or directly from its etymon Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “discerner, interpreter; carpenter’s square; gnomon of a sundial; (geometry) gnomon”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to be aware of; to perceive; to know”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”); the word is thus related to know. The geometry sense (sense 4) is from the resemblance of the plane figure to a carpenter’s square. Similarly, a gnomon in mathematics (sense 5) is also shaped like a carpenter’s square when depicted pictorially if the figurate numbers are squares. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊˌmɒn/, /ˈnəʊ.mən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊˌmɑn/, /ˈnoʊ.mən/ Rhymes: -əʊmɒn, -əʊmən, -oʊmɑn, -oʊmən Hyphenation: gno‧mon === Noun === gnomon (plural gnomons) An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial. [from mid 16th c.] Synonyms: cock, style An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is, the altitude of the sun when it reaches the observer's meridian), for the purpose of determining the observer's latitude. The index of the hour circle of a globe. (geometry) A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram. (mathematics, by extension) A number representing the increment between two figurate numbers (“numbers equal to the numbers of dots in geometric figures formed of dots”). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === gnomon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gnomon (figure) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gnomon (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gnomon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “gnomon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “gnomon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “gnomon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === gnomon m (plural gnomons, no diminutive) gnomon ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gnomon” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡnomon/ Rhymes: -omon Syllabification: gno‧mon === Noun === gnomon accusative singular of gnomo == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gnōmōn, from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “indicator”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡnɔ.mɔ̃/ === Noun === gnomon gnomon ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gnomon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “discerner, interpreter; gnomon of a sundial”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to be aware of; to perceive; to know”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoː.moːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɲɔː.mon] === Noun === gnōmōn m (genitive gnōmonis); third declension gnomon; rod or pillar on a sundial whose shadow is used to indicate the time ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “gnomon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gnomon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡnɔ.mɔn/ Rhymes: -ɔmɔn Syllabification: gno‧mon === Noun === gnomon m inan gnomon ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === gnomon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN gnomon in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gnomon or Latin gnomon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡnoˈmon/ === Noun === gnomon n (plural gnomoane) gnomon ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gnomon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === gnomon n gnomon ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gnomon”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)