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planimeter

Pronunciation:  plu'nimitur

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 Definition: [n]  a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure
 
 Synonyms: integrator
 
 See Also: measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pla*nim"e*ter\, n. [Plani- + -meter. Cf.
{Planometer}.]
An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure,
however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding
line; a platometer.

 

 

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