sundials in English

noun

1

an instrument showing the time by the shadow of a pointer cast by the sun onto a plate marked with the hours of the day.

In the center of the parking lot was a towering white building, casting a shadow like a gargantuan sundial .

2

a mollusk with a flattened spiral shell that is typically patterned in shades of brown, living in tropical and subtropical seas.

Use "sundials" in a sentence

1. Architectonicid snails are also called sundials, for their resemblance with the timekeeping sundials

2. Bifilar sundials can be as diverse as classical sundial, with in addition to all variations introduced by the height of …

3. Architectonicids are popularly known as “sundials” (sometimes they are also called “staircase shells”) due to the discoid outline of their shells.

4. TOWARDS the end of the 11th century, while tardy Europeans kept time with sundials, Su Sung of China completed his masterpiece: a water clock of great intricacy and accuracy.

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6. Goods in precious metals or coated therewith not included in other classes, namely amulets, badges, boxes, bracelets, brooches, busts, chains, charms, cloisonné jewellery, coins, tokens, cuff links, earrings, gold thread, hat ornaments, ingots, jet, jewelry cases, key rings, lockets, medals, necklaces, ornamental pins, ornaments, rings, shoe ornaments, statues, statuettes, sundials, tie clips, tie pins, watch bands, watch chains, wire, and works of art