sundial
IPA: sˈʌndaɪɫ
noun
- A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
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Examples of "sundial" in Sentences
- A sundial was selected as the logo.
- At one time, this carried a sundial.
- A sundial in the churchyard is dated 1793.
- On the exterior of its tower is a sundial.
- Above the entrance to the Church is a sundial.
- On the outer wall of the parvise is a sundial.
- A sundial is attached to the side of the building.
- In front of it is a sundial, a contributing object.
- For, as you may have guessed, the sundial is a symbol.
- This is what's called a sundial cannon, or a noon cannon.
- Sundial Garden that has the actual sundial in the center of it.
- He also wrote on mechanical devices like the astrolabe and sundial.
- The sundial is available in two versions, for use in either hemisphere.
- Constructed almost three centuries ago, its 73-foot-tall sundial is the largest in the world:
- The sundial is a device that measures time by marking the shadow cast by the position of the sun onto a dial, usually a flat disc.
- On top of the gnomon on our sundial is a silver ball with three sets of holes, which allows the sun to shine through pairs of lenses near each solstice or equinox.
- East of the sundial is a hoary old sycamore, sole survivor of three sisters, carefully protected by railings, under whose grateful shade, says local tradition, Johnson and Goldsmith were wont to chat.
- One of the most efficient ways to tell time, a simple mechanism that needs no cogwheels, no pendulum, no springs and no winding: to follow the shadow of the sun cast upon a numbered scale in what is known as a sundial or a sun clock.
- Apparently, Rawls hasn't considered the fact that many Muslims already know when the exact prayer times are each day - obviating the need for a "sundial" - or what happens on an overcast day and the "sundial" can't be used - I grew up a few hundred miles away from the site of the Memorial, and am well familiar with that part of Pennsylvania and its climate.