gnomonic adjective & noun. [nǝʊ'mɒnɪk] E17.
[Latin gnomonicus from Greek gnōmonikos, from gnōmōn: see GNOMON, -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to a gnomon or sundial or the measuring of time by this. E17.
b. Designating a map projection in which the centre of projection is the centre of the sphere being mapped. E18.

2. = GNOMIC adjective¹. E18.
B. noun. = GNOMONICS. Only in M17.

■ gnomonical adjective = GNOMONIC adjective L16.

■ gnomonically adverb E18.

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