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analemmata

analemmata is the plural of analemma.

Meaning of analemma

Noun

analemma (plural analemmas or analemmata)

  1. A figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at the same hour of mean solar time every day.
    • People commonly encounter the equation of time in a strangely distorted figure 8, the analemma (Figure 6.5), frequently seen on terrestrial globes. The analemma is the equation of time plotted against the Sun's declination.1996, James B. Kaler, The Ever-Changing Sky: A Guide to the Celestial Sphere (paperback), published 2002, page 169

Questions about analemmata

What is analemmata the plural of?
Analemmata is the plural of analemma.

Words near analemmata in the dictionary

  1. analectic
  2. analects
  3. analed
  4. analemma
  5. analemmas
  6. analemmata
  7. analemmatic
  8. analepses
  9. analepsis
  10. analepsy
  11. analept

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