sundial
/ˈsʌnˌdaɪ.əl/
sundial noun: a device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
Noun
sundial (plural sundials)
- A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
- The birdbath includes a small gnomon that acts as a sundial with markings on the basin if it's aligned correctly with the sun.
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there.
"I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- A sea snail of the genus Heliacus.
sundial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sundial in Hindi
- device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow
- सौर-घड़ी saur-ghaṛī, धूपघड़ी dhūpghaṛī
sundial in Tamil
- device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow
- சூரிய மணிகாட்டி cūriya maṇikāṭṭi
sundial in Urdu
- device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow
- دُھوپ گَھڑی dhūp ghaṛī
sundial in Bengali
- device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow
- সূর্যঘড়ি śurjoghoṛi
More languagesFewer languages
- sundial in Telugu
- నీడగడియారము nīḍagaḍiyāramu, సూర్యఘంట sūryaghaṇṭa
- sundial in Malayalam
- സൂര്യഘടികാരം sūryaghaṭikāraṁ
- sundial in Gujarati
- છાયાયંત્ર chāyāyantra
- sundial in Odia
- ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଘଡ଼ି surjyaghaṛi
- sundial in Tagalog
- oras-araw, kuwadrante
- sundial in Arabic
- مِزْوَلَة mizwala
- sundial in Malay
- jam matahari
- sundial in Indonesian
- jam matahari
- sundial in Thai
- นาฬิกาแดด naa-lí-gaa-dɛ̀ɛt
- sundial in Vietnamese
- đồng hồ mặt trời
- sundial in Myanmar
- နေနာရီ nenari
Synonyms of sundial
Forms of sundial
| plural | sundials |
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Origin of sundial
From sun + dial, a clarification of dial after it was used for other objects as well.
Questions about sundial
- What does sundial mean?
- Sundial means a device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
- What is sundial in Hindi?
- Sundial in Hindi is सौर-घड़ी (saur-ghaṛī), धूपघड़ी (dhūpghaṛī). See Sundial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sundial?
- Sundial is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sundial?
- Sundial is pronounced /ˈsʌnˌdaɪ.əl/.
- What is the plural of sundial?
- The plural of sundial is sundials.
Words near sundial in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sundial (page history and authors); છાયાયંત્ર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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