SUNDIAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sundial" is a kind of...):

horologe; timekeeper; timepiece (a measuring instrument or device for keeping time)

Meronyms (parts of "sundial"):

gnomon (indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial)

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