n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-n ə - ' le-m ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, sundial on a pedestal, from Greek anal ē mma, lofty structure, sundial, from analambanein to take up, restore, from ana- + lambanein to take ― more at LATCH
Date: 1832
: a plot or graph of the position of the sun in the sky at a certain time of day (as noon) at one locale measured throughout the year that has the shape of a figure 8 also : a scale (as on a globe or sundial) based on such a plot that shows the sun's position for each day of the year or that allows local mean time to be determined
– an · a · lem · mat · ic \ ˌ a-n ə -le- ' ma-tik, -l ə - \ adjective