[ˌanəˈlɛmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the asymmetrical figure-of-eight curve that can be traced in the sky at a given place showing the position of the sun at the same standard time (usually twelve o'clock) on successive days of a year


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘projection of the celestial sphere on to the plane of the meridian’): Latin, from Greek analēmma ‘prop or support’