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Meaning of SUNDIAL

Pronunciation:  'sun`dIul

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
 

SUNDIAL is a 7 letter word that starts with S.

 

 See Also: gnomon, timekeeper, timepiece

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sun"di`al\, n.
An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow
of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.

{Sundial shell} (Zo["o]l.), any shell of the genus Solarium.
   See {Solarium}.

 

 

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