GNOMON  , the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek word for the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of a sundial, or any See also:

• OBJECT

object, commonly a See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, the See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow of which was 'A . observed in former times in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to learn 8 the See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, especially when on the See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian . The See also:

• ART

art of constructing a sundial is sometimes termed gnomonics . In See also:

• GEOMETRY

geometry, a gnomon is a See also:

• PLANE

plane figure C formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram; in the figure ABCDEFA is a gnomon . Gnomonic See also:

• PROJECTION

projection is a projection of a See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere in which the centre of sight is the centre of the sphere .