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n.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.

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n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.