gnomon

How To Use gnomon In A Sentence

• The videos were projected onto two screens built to replicate the gnomonic and ‘Robinson projections’ of representing the globe on a two dimensional surface.
• Descriptions of this virus is pathognomonic, or diagnostic, of a virus that came from Robertsons circle of friends, Dr. Horowitz charges. Swine Flu-- Normal or Malignant?
• On the gnomonic projection, the landing site is approaching and the surface features become sharper.
• The minutely balanced works, the gnomon fitted to the perpendicular plane, would be far beyond their grasp. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
• Pergolas, open steel stairs, lattices and wooden blinds all act as shadow-casters and gnomons.
• To ensure that the sundial registered roughly the correct time all the year round the gnomon had to be set at exactly the correct angle.
• Loxodromes appear as straight lines on the Mercator projection, while orthodromes appear as straight lines on the gnomonic projection.
• These latter changes, although not pathognomonic, can support a diagnosis of AIP.
• A tall, thin, basalt head of Caelus Nin, Sumifan god of time and patron of the ancestors formed the sundial's double-faced gnomon and stood silent entry at the village's main gate. Song of Time
• Point tenderness, a pathognomonic sign of a bone lesion, can be used to localize the fracture.