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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or science of dialing, or of constructing instruments to show the hour of the day or to aid in making astronomical observations by the shadow of a gnomon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The art of designing and constructing sundials

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