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shadow pin
noun
, Navigation.
- a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shadow pin1
First recorded in 1890–95
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