Variant form of gnomonic; relating to gnomons, sundials, or the principles of shadow measurement and angle calculation.
From Greek 'gnomon' with the suffix '-ical,' an alternative form of '-ic' commonly used in English.
Before smartphones, navigators relied on gnomonical principles—understanding how shadows move revealed both the time and the direction of travel!
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