Physics · Glossary

What is Sundial?

Definition 18.4 Primary & Middle School Physics · Chapter 18 — The Sun in the Sky: Days and Seasons

A sundial is a clock made of a shadow: a stick or blade standing in the sun, with marks around it showing where the shadow falls at each hour. As the Sun travels its arc, the shadow sweeps around the marks — slowly, silently, and without a single moving part.

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