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Definition

noun | indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial

Hyphenation

gno-mon (6 letters | 2 syllables)

First known use in English

1546 (European Renaissance) (479 years ago)

Word origins

Latin | Modern Greek

Word frequency history

Inflected form

gnomons

Broader terms

indicator

Lexically close words

Solomon

Anagrams

(none among common words)

Other notable uses

gnomon.com | gnomon.org

Crossword puzzle clue

Early astronomical instrument
(based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

Scrabble score

9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

Phone keypad digits

(???) ?46-6666