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sun·di·al

(sŭn′dī′əl, -dīl′)

An instrument that indicates local apparent solar time by the shadow cast by a central projecting pointer on a surrounding calibrated dial.

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sundial

(ˈsʌnˌdaɪəl)

(Horology) a device indicating the time during the hours of sunlight by means of a stationary arm (the gnomon) that casts a shadow onto a plate or surface marked in hours

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sun•di•al

(ˈsʌnˌdaɪ əl, -ˌdaɪl)

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 cast by the sun.

[1570–80]

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Noun

sundial - timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial

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

horologe, timepiece, timekeeper - a measuring instrument or device for keeping time

Translations

مِزْوَلَه شَمْسِيَّه

sluneční hodiny

solur

Sonnenuhr Sonnendach

ηλιακό ρολόι

aurinkokello

cadran solaire cadran

שעון שמש

napóra

sólúr

meridiana

solarium

zonnewijzer

solskive solur

zegar słoneczny

relógio de sol

солнечные часы

slnečné hodiny

güneş saati

日昝

sundial

[ˈsʌndaɪəl] N → reloj m de sol

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sundial

[ˈsʌndaɪəl] n → cadran m solaire

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sundial

[ˈsʌnˌdaɪ/əl] n → meridiana

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sun

(san) noun

1. the round body in the sky that gives light and heat to the earth. The Sun is nearly 150 million kilometres away from the Earth.

2. any of the fixed stars. Do other suns have planets revolving round them?

3. light and heat from the sun; sunshine. We sat in the sun; In Britain they don't get enough sun; The sun has faded the curtains.

verb – past tense, past participle sunned –

to expose (oneself) to the sun's rays. He's sunning himself in the garden.

ˈsunless adjective

without sun, or lacking sunlight. a sunless room.

ˈsunny adjective

1. filled with sunshine. sunny weather.

2. cheerful and happy. The child has a sunny nature.

ˈsunniness noun

ˈsunbathe verb

to lie or sit in the sun, especially wearing few clothes, in order to get a suntan.

ˈsunbeam noun

a ray of the sun.

ˈsunburn noun

the brown or red colour of the skin caused by exposure to the sun's rays.

ˈsunburned, ˈsunburnt adjective

sunburnt faces.

ˈsundial noun

a device, usually in a garden, for telling time from the shadow of a rod or plate on its surface cast by the sun.

ˈsundown noun

(especially American) sunset.

ˈsunflower noun

a type of large yellow flower with petals like rays of the sun, from whose seeds we get oil.

ˈsunglasses noun plural

glasses of dark-coloured glass or plastic to protect the eyes in bright sunlight.

ˈsunlight noun

the light of the sun. The cat was sitting in a patch of sunlight.

ˈsunlit adjective

lighted up by the sun. a sunlit room.

ˈsunrise noun

the rising of the sun in the morning, or the time of this.

ˈsunset noun

the setting of the sun, or the time of this. the red glow of the sunset.

ˈsunshade noun

a type of umbrella for sheltering a person from the sun; a parasol.

ˈsunshine noun

1. the light of the sun. The children were playing in the sunshine.

2. cheerfulness or happiness.

ˈsunstroke noun

a serious illness caused by being in very hot sunshine for too long.

ˈsuntan noun

a brown colour of the skin caused by exposure to the sun. I'm trying to get a suntan.

catch the sun

to become sunburnt.

under the sun

in the whole world. I'm sure that he must have visited every country under the sun.

References in classic literature ?

Above him, at the angle of the steep green bank of the terraced garden, was one of those small picturesque surprises common in the old landscape gardening; a kind of small round hill or dome of grass, like a giant mole-hill, ringed and crowned with three concentric fences of roses, and having a sundial in the highest point in the centre.

The wild red figure reeled an instant against the sundial; the next it had rolled down the steep bank and lay at the American's feet, faintly moving one arm.

He would not snatch Romeo's sword from its romantic scabbard; or slay his foe on the sundial as on a kind of altar; or leave his body among the roses, or fling the sword away among the pines.

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Having done this, you must at once put the box out upon the sundial, as directed.

"'Put the papers on the sundial,' I read, peeping over his shoulder.

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As we drove up to the porticoed front door, I observed in front of it, beside the tennis lawn, the black tool-house and the pedestalled sundial with which we had such strange associations.

None did come for a week, and then yesterday morning I found this paper lying on the sundial in the garden.

"Three days later a message was left scrawled upon paper, and placed under a pebble upon the sundial. Here it is.

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Wyndham Datchet would pace up and down at the same hour every morning, with a sundial to measure the time for him.

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After the cure's death the house had been for sale; and Benassis, who had only just come into the country, had bought it as it stood, with the walls about it and the ground belonging to it, together with the plate, wine, and furniture, the old sundial, the poultry, the horse, and the woman-servant.

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Inside was a beautiful stretch of lawn with an old sundial in the middle, the whole effect so soothing and restful that it was welcome to my somewhat jangled nerves.

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There was a vertical sundial on the front gable; and as the carpenter passed beneath it, he looked up and noted the hour.