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Definition: ANALEMMA |
ANALEMMANoun1. A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe. 2. An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems. 3. An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | A graduated scale of the declination of the Sun and the equation of time for each day of the year located in the Torrid Zone on the terrestrial globe. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The analemma is a figure-eight shaped plot of the position of the sun in the celestial sphere at noon of each day (at 24 hour intervals) of a calendar year. The vertical coordinate of a point corresponding to a date corresponds to the declination of the sun on that date, while the horizontal coordinate indicates whether the sun is "fast" or "slow" compared to mean time.The deviation between solar time and mean time is due to the variation in the length of the synodic day, which is due to variation in the distance between the earth and the sun. (See aphelion, perihelion)
A discussion of the derivation of this curve can be found at the following address:
http://astro.isi.edu/games/analemma.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Analemma."
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
analemma | 23 |
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| Language | Translations for "ANALEMMA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | analemma. (various references) | |
French | analemme. (various references) | |
German | Analemma. (various references) | |
Greek | ανάλημμα. (various references) | |
Italian | analemma. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | analemmaay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | analema. (various references) | |
Spanish | analema. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ANALEMMA": analemmas, analemmata, analemmatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ANALEMMA" (pronounced 'An`a*lem"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma, Lucuma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-l-m-m-n" | |
-3 letters: alane, leman, lemma. | |
-4 letters: alae, alan, alma, alme, amen, anal, elan, lama, lame, lane, lean, male, malm, mama, mana, mane, meal, mean, name, nema. | |
-5 letters: aal, ala, ale, ama, ana, ane, elm, lam, lea, mae, man, mel, mem, men, nae, nam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-e-l-m-m-n" | |
+1 letter: analemmas. | |
+2 letters: analemmata, melanomata. | |
+3 letters: analemmatic, megalomania. | |
+4 letters: managemental, megalomaniac, megalomanias. | |
+5 letters: megalomaniacs. | |
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