Word Study
planimetry
CIDE DICTIONARY
planimetry, n. [Cf. F. planimétrie.].
The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
planimetry
altimetry, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry, cadastration, cartography, chorography, craniometry, geodesy, geodetics, goniometry, hypsography, hypsometry, mensuration, metrology, oceanography, psychometrics, psychometry, stereometry, surveying, topography
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