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    Besides being a contributor to this site, what is a gnomon?

    Question #42293. Asked by Hamlet.. (Dec 13 03 6:11 PM)


    DogRL

    		Not only but also, a gnomon is "a shape which when added to a figure yields another figure similar to the original". And gnomonic projection is a map obtained by projecting a point on the surface of a sphere from the sphere's centre onto a tangential plane. Time out. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Gnomon.html

    Dec 13 03, 8:36 PM
    kevinom

    		A gnomon is often used to describe the object that casts its shadow onto the sundial face. This fits the projection description above.

    Jan 11 06, 5:01 AM

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