gnomonic

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin gnomonicus, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “judging by rule”). Compare French gnomonique. See gnomon.

Adjective

gnomonic (not comparable)

1. (cartography) Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations.

Translations

showing all great circles as straight lines

• Finnish: gnomoninen (fi)
• French: gnomonique (fr)
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• Irish: nómanach

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