- sundial sun·dial n
- ['sʌnˌdaɪ(ə)l]
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sundial sun·dial n
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Sun Dial — (occasionally spelled Sundial) is a British space rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon.HistoryThe precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon s the Modern Art, formed in the mid 80s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two… … Wikipedia
sundial — /sun duy euhl, duyl /, n. an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun. [1570 80; SUN + DIAL] * * * ▪ timekeeping device the earliest … Universalium
Sundial (disambiguation) — Sundial or sun dial may refer to:*Sundial, a timekeeping device *Sun Dial, a British psychedelic rock band *Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, a bridge in Redding, California *Sun Dials, a song by Alkaline Trio off their self titled album … Wikipedia
sundial — 1590s, from SUN (Cf. sun) + DIAL (Cf. dial) … Etymology dictionary
sundial — [sun′dī΄əl] n. an instrument that indicates time by the position of a gnomon s shadow cast by the sun on the face of a dial marked in hours … English World dictionary
sundial — sun|dial [ˈsʌndaıəl] n ↑shadow an object used in the past for telling the time. The shadow of a pointed piece of metal shows the time and moves round as the sun moves … Dictionary of contemporary English
Sundial — A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style (a thin rod or a sharp, straight edge) onto a flat surface marked with lines indicating… … Wikipedia
Sundial Bridge — 40.592433333333 122.377575 Koordinaten: 40° 35′ 32,8″ N, 122° 22′ 39,3″ W f1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
dial — /duy euhl, duyl/, n., v., dialed, dialing or (esp. Brit.) dialled, dialling, adj. n. 1. a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or… … Universalium
dial — [15] The original application of the word dial in English is ‘sundial’. The evidence for its prehistory is patchy, but it is generally presumed to have come from medieval Latin diālis ‘daily’, a derivative of Latin diēs ‘day’, the underlying… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sundial — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sun clock, solarium, dial; gnomon, style. See chronometry … English dictionary for students
