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sundial

[ UK /sˈʌnda‍ɪ‍əl/ ]
[ US /ˈsənˌdaɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial

How To Use sundial In A Sentence

  • Its massive sundials and other structures are a geometry of red sandstone inlaid with dazzling white marble, more like works of modern art than scientific instruments.
  • Sundial maker Malcolm Barnfield and stonemason Dave Baguley installed the beautiful stone sundial at the top north-west corner of The Wilds, on Sunday, 8 May.
  • Over thousands of years, the accuracy of maps didn't improve significantly faster than the accuracy of primitive timepieces such as the sundial or water clock.
  • Sundial maker Malcolm Barnfield and stonemason Dave Baguley installed the beautiful stone sundial at the top north-west corner of The Wilds, on Sunday, 8 May.
  • In the inner courtyard an attractive sundial catches the eye of the visitor.
  • 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.
  • The poem as philosophical-historical sundial clearly applies to great European lyric poets such as Rilke and Celan.
  • However, sundials are a surprisingly unreliable means of telling the time.
  • 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
  • For, as you may have guessed, the sundial is a symbol. Penguin Persons & Peppermints
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