Sundial

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  • noun. An instrument that indicates local apparent solar time by the shadow cast by a central projecting pointer on a surrounding calibrated dial.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An instrument for indicating the time of day by means of the position of a shadow on a dial or diagram.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.
  • noun. any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium.
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  • noun. A simple timekeeping device in which the shadow cast by a vertical pole or plate (the gnomon) is used to indicate the time of day.
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  • noun. timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
    • Word Usage
    "Constructed almost three centuries ago, its 73-foot-tall sundial is the largest in the world:"
    cross-reference
    to rectify a sun-dial  
    Hypernym
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    horologe  timekeeper  timepiece  
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