Associations to the word «Gnomonic»

Wiktionary

GNOMONIC, adjective. (cartography) Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations.
GNOMONIC PROJECTION, noun. (cartography) A mapping projection in which all great circle paths (on a sphere the shortest path between points) are shown as straight lines.

Wise words

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
Arabian Proverb