Syene
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Sun’s rays come in parallel, but because Earth’s surface curves, a ray at Syene comes straight down whereas a ray at Alexandria makes an angle of 7° with the vertical.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Alexandria had been measured to be 5000 stadia north of Syene.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
This indicated that the Sun was directly over the well—meaning that Syene was on a direct line from the center of Earth to the Sun.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
He also had a figure for the distance between Syene and Alexandria: 5,000 stadia.
From Time Magazine Archive
This: A flat map of ancient Egypt; when the sun is directly overhead, vertical obelisks cast no shadows in Alexandria or Syene.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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