gnomon

C34810
concept

A gnomon is the projecting piece of a sundial that casts a shadow used to indicate the time of day based on the sun’s position.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
gnomon canonical 1
gnomonic device 1
monumental gnomon 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: gnomon
Generated description
A gnomon is the projecting piece of a sundial that casts a shadow used to indicate the time of day based on the sun’s position.

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon)
surface form: Obelisk of Montecitorio
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Solare Obelisk monumental gnomon
Solarium Augusti gnomonic device
Obelisk of Montecitorio sundial gnomon