sundial
A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate…A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
» There's a sundial in the garden.
Im Garten steht eine Sonnenuhr.
Meaning
2 sensesA device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
The birdbath includes a small gnomon that acts as a sundial with markings on the basin if it's aligned correctly with the sun.
Sonnenuhr
со́лнечные часы́sólnečnyje časý
со́нячний годи́нникsónjačnyj hodýnnyk
A sea snail of the genus Heliacus.
- timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
Examples
3 sentencesThere's a sundial in the garden.
deIm Garten steht eine Sonnenuhr.
This is a sundial.
Tom wears a wrist sundial and calls it his "Apple Watch."