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Sundial Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Sundial has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial

2

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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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
timepiece
Rhyming Words
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