ANALEMMA


Meaning of ANALEMMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-nə-ˈle-mə ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, sundial on a pedestal, from Greek analēmma, 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 ˌa-nə-le-ˈma-tik, -lə- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.