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gno·mon (nō′män′)

noun

  1. a column or pin on a sundial, etc. that casts a shadow indicating the time of day
  2. the part of a parallelogram remaining after a similar, smaller parallelogram has been taken from one of its corners

Etymology: L < Gr gnōmōn, one who knows or examines, index of a sundial < base of gignōskein, to know

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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