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gnomonic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /nəʊˈmɒnɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW0 M AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin gnōmonicus, Ancient Greek γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “judging by rule”). Compare French gnomonique. See gnomon.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: gnomònic — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Finnish: gnomoninen — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • French: gnomonique — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Hungarian: gnomonikus — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Hungarian: gnomikus — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Hungarian: gömbközépponti — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Irish: nómanach — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Polish: gnomoniczny — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Spanish: gnomónico — showing all great circles as straight lines
  • Spanish: nomónico — showing all great circles as straight lines