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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

gnomon: an item in the "Timekeeping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

gnomon : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de chronométrie» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
DEF

A style or column erected perpendicular to the horizon. It finds the meridian altitude of the sun by measuring the length of the shadow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
DEF

Ancien instrument astronomique composé d'une tige verticale faisant ombre sur une surface plane.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

Shape that, when added to figure, preserves feature's original shape but increases its size.

CONT

Any addition to ... [a] shell during a period of growth ... forms what is termed a "gnomon" to the existing shell ...; it increases its volume and surface area without changing its shape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
CONT

L'unité de croissance de la coquille [d'un Mollusque], que nous appelons «lamelle d'accroissement», [...] a donc une forme telle qu'elle ne modifie pas le contour général : cette forme élémentaire est un «gnomon» (Aristote) de la figure préexistante, de même d'ailleurs que n'importe quel intervalle entre deux stries d'accroissement prises au hasard sur la coquille [...]

Spanish

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