A plane figure formed by removing a parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram.
An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial.
An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is, the altitude of the sun when it reaches the observer's meridian), for the purpose of determining the observer's latitude.
The index of the hour circle of a globe.
A number representing the increment between two figurate numbers (“numbers equal to the numbers of dots in geometric figures formed of dots”).
A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
The outer shape of an object or figure.
A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
A general description of some subject.
A preliminary plan for a project.
A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
A setline or trotline.
To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
To draw an outline of.
To summarize.