noun

analemma

/ˌænəˈlɛmə/ an·al·em·ma 4 syllables

An egg-shaped or figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at t…

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Part of speech noun
Syllables 4
Letters 8
Starts with A

Definition of Analemma

An egg-shaped or figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at the same hour of mean solar time every day.

An egg-shaped or figure-eight curve that results when the Sun's position in the sky is plotted out over the year at the same hour of mean solar time every day.

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Analemma has 4 syllables: an·al·em·ma. The word is broken into 4 spoken beats.

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