Wondering how to use Sundials in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Sundials meaning
plural of sundial
Using Sundials
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of sundial
Context around Sundials
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sundials
- In this selection, "sundials" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, access, hemispherical, modern, respectively, work and use stand out and add context to how "sundials" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ancient hemispherical sundials and and make sundials respectively. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sundials" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sundials
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is the time as indicated by modern sundials. (9 words)
Sundials use some or part of the 24 hour analog dial. (11 words)
Both appear to be sundials with gnomon curves etched on a flat surface. (13 words)
The exact moment of, and the interval between, two sunrises or sunsets depends on the geographical position ( longitude as well as latitude), and the time of year (as indicated by ancient hemispherical sundials ). (33 words)
However, practical limitations, such as that sundials work only when the Sun shines, and never during the night, encouraged the use of other techniques for measuring and displaying time. (29 words)
Because the Earth doesn't rotate in a perfectly round pattern, and because it is tilted on its access, sundials will not be wholly accurate throughout the year. (28 words)
Example sentences (9)
Because the Earth doesn't rotate in a perfectly round pattern, and because it is tilted on its access, sundials will not be wholly accurate throughout the year.
Furthermore, the subject of the works is on display: sculpted wooden “spindles,” used as sundials, are press-fit into pedestals or other receptacles.
Once you are done printing, you can call yourself a gnomonist and a dialist, which are just fancy ways of saying you design and make sundials, respectively.
Both appear to be sundials with gnomon curves etched on a flat surface.
For example Ibrahim ibn Sinan and his grandfather Thabit ibn Qurra both studied curves required in the construction of sundials.
However, practical limitations, such as that sundials work only when the Sun shines, and never during the night, encouraged the use of other techniques for measuring and displaying time.
Sundials use some or part of the 24 hour analog dial.
The exact moment of, and the interval between, two sunrises or sunsets depends on the geographical position ( longitude as well as latitude), and the time of year (as indicated by ancient hemispherical sundials ).
This is the time as indicated by modern sundials.