gnomonic

American  

[noh-mon-ik] / noʊˈmɒn ɪk /

Sometimes gnomonical

adjective

1. of or relating to a gnomon or to a sundial.

2. of or relating to the measurement of time by a gnomon or a sundial.

3. gnomic.

4. of, relating to, or noting a map projection in which all great circles are depicted as straight lines.

   a gnomonic chart.

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Etymology

Origin of gnomonic

1595–1605; < Latin gnōmonicus “of, belonging to a gnomon” < Greek gnōmonikós. See gnomon, -ic

Example Sentences

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gnomonic

Such are the Society's six gnomonic maps, the set of six gnomonic maps in Johnstone's 'Atlas of Astronomy,' and my own set of twelve gnomonic maps.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

The distortion, however, is necessarily enormous when the celestial sphere is presented in only six gnomonic maps.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

The bearings as laid off on a small scale chart of gnomonic projection are very inaccurate, and here we are handicapped, as our chronometers have lost all regularity.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton