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

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Example Sentences

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gnomonic

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

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

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