analemma

American  

[an-l-em-uh] / ˌæn lˈɛm ə /

noun

plural

analemmas, analemmata

1. a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.

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analemma British  

/ ˌænəlɛˈmætɪk, ˌænəˈlɛmə /

noun

1. a graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun

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Other Word Forms

• analemmatic adjective

Etymology

Origin of analemma

1645–55; < Latin: pedestal of a sundial, sundial < Greek análēmma support

Example Sentences

The club also hosts free night sky viewing events for the public with a variety of telescopes, as do other local organizations, including the Analemma Society and National Capital Astronomers.

From Washington Post

The Analemma Society hosts weekly viewing parties utilizing a variety of telescopes.

From Washington Post

Analemma, too, lost its 2020 vineyard to smoke conditions.

From New York Times

She’s worked since 2012 in the Oregon wine industry, in the Willamette first and then the Gorge, where she spent three years working for Analemma, and more recently at Syncline, which makes an excellent array of wines.

From New York Times

He and Ms. Fade, business partners, founded Analemma in 2010, first making wine only from fruit they purchased, supplemented more recently by their estate vineyard in Mosier, Ore.

From New York Times