A Wondrous Word: Analemma
March7
I haven’t participated before in Bermuda Onion’s Wondrous Words Wednesday weekly meme , but I just had to share this one. To see what other Wondrous Words bloggers have found this week, visit Kathy’s blog (link above).
Analemma: a curve in the form of an elongated 8 marked with a scale, drawn on a globe of the earth to show the sun’s declination and the equation of time for any day of the year: formed by plotting the sun’s actual daily position at noon for a year.
From Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye Pg 101
It was beautiful, a tarnished nickel-silver pocket watch with an analemma on its face.
Welcome to WWW! What an interesting word. I googled it and looked at images and I’m still not sure I understand it. Thanks for playing along!
I didn’t even think to include a picture! I’m still thinking in words.
What a great word- new to me too.
What a cool site- I love your design. I’m also an “ExUrbanis”- love that word. I grew up outside of Washington DC and now live on a 100 acre farm in SW Virginia. I’m looking forward to reading more about your country living experiences! Thanks for sharing Analemma- I’m with Kathy- I’m still not quite sure I understand, but thanks for sharing this curious word. I hope you’ll come back to WWW!
Welcome to Exurbanis, Julia! I’ve been pretty focused on book lately but I hope to get my ‘country’ posts going again soon.
Oh goody, you have returned! I am so glad- you were absent too long. It is lovely to receive once gain your book reviews and recommendations, even if I never read half (or less) of the books that you read with such a voracious appetite.
From a secret friend and admirer,
-E