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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.