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    Gnomon

    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

    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

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