planimeter

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Noun
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pla=nim=e=ter

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun planimeter has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

planimetern. [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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

planimeter, n. an instrument for mechanically measuring the area of a plane figure.

Derivative
planimetric adj. planimetrical adj. planimetry n.
Etymology
F planim{egrave}tre f. L planus level

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