analemma

English

Wikipedia

WOTD – 23 September 2012    

An analemma.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάλημμα (“pedestal of a sundial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌænəˈlɛmə/

Noun

analemma (plural analemmas)

1. An egg-shaped or 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.

Derived terms

• tutulemma

Translations

curve of the Sun's position in the sky throughout the year

• Dutch: analemma (nl) n
• Finnish: analemma (fi)

• German: Analemma (de) n
• Irish: anaileime (ga) f
• Russian: аналемма (ru) (analémma) f
• Swedish: analemma (sv) c (when referring to our Sun, the determined singular tense "analemman" is used.)

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Dutch

Noun

analemma n (plural analemma's, diminutive analemmaatje)

1. analemma

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Finnish

Noun

analemma

1. (astronomy) analemma

Declension

Declension of analemma (type kala) singular plural nominative analemma analemmat genitive analemman analemmojen analemmain1 partitive analemmaa analemmoja accusative analemma analemman analemmat inessive analemmassa analemmoissa elative analemmasta analemmoista illative analemmaan analemmoihin adessive analemmalla analemmoilla ablative analemmalta analemmoilta allative analemmalle analemmoille essive analemmana analemmoina translative analemmaksi analemmoiksi instructive – analemmoin abessive analemmatta analemmoitta comitative – analemmoineen 1) Rare.