altitude dial

noun

1. an adjustable sundial utilizing the altitude of the sun, at a given latitude and time of year, as a means of telling the time.

Example Sentences

The altitude dial said that the water was three hundred feet beneath, and rapidly rising nearer.

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The altitude dial's pointer reached for one thousand and slid past.

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The altitude dial's finger almost jumped from forty thousand to thirty-five.

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