gnomons in English
noun
1
the projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow.
The problem is that the gardeners have been caught on the gnomon of their own sundial.
2
the part of a parallelogram left when a similar parallelogram has been taken from its corner.
Revolve the gnomon about its vertex and it can draw a circle; combine two gnomons and they form a square.
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