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"Dr John Stockton" wrote snip
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> My largest dictionary does not actually, AFAICS, define analemma.

better google it then
Google Search: analemma



and click on the underlined word in the blue bar

Dictionary.com/analemma

near bottom of page
Merriam-Webster - Search for definitions



Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, sundial on a pedestal, from Greek analEmma, lofty structure, sundial, from analambanein to take up, restore, from ana- + lambanein to take -- more at latch
Date: 1832


: a plot or graph of the position of the sun in the sky at a certain time of day (as noon) at one locale measured at regular intervals throughout the year that has the shape of a figure 8; also : a scale (as on a globe or sundial) based on such a plot that shows the sun's position for each day of the year or that allows local mean time to be determined
- an·a·lem·mat·ic /"a-n&-le-'ma-tik, -l&-/ adjectiv

or figure of eight

which suggests try an image search
Google Image Search: analemma

a new word for me too
amateur astronomy newbie am I !

enjoy

Hugh Watkins