gnomology (nomoloji)

[ The shadow of the style in the dyall, which they call the gnomon, in Egypt, at no one tide, in the equinoctiall day, is little more in length than halfe the gnomon . Holland, tr. of Pliny, ii. 72. I do not say there is such Difficulty to conceive a Rock standing still when the Waves run by it; or the Gnomon of a Dial when the Shaddow pa es from one Figure to another. Stilling fleet , Sermons, III. vi. 2. The index of the hour-circle of a globe.-3. A piece of a parallelogram left after a similar parallelogram has been re moved from a E corner of it. Thus, in the figure, EFGBCD is a gnomon. D F A IMG:content-2450.jpg:[blocks in formation] C 2555 4. An odd number; one of the terms of an arithmetical series by which polygonal numbers are found. Also called gnomonic number. gnomonic (no-mon'ik), a. [L. gnomonic us, One of those curious gnomonic instruments, that show at once the place of the sun in the zodiac, his declination from the equator, the day of the month, the length of the day, etc. Boyle , Works, V. 398. 2. In bot., bent at right angles. Also gnomic , gnomical. IMG:content-2451.jpg:[blocks in formation]