gnomonic

gnomonic
/noh mon"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to a gnomon or to a sundial.
2. of or pertaining to the measurement of time by a gnomon or a sundial.
3. gnomic2.
Also, gnomonical.
[1595-1605; < L gnomonicus of, belonging to a gnomon < Gk gnomonikós. See GNOMON, -IC]

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