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Meaning of PANTOGRAPH

Pronunciation:  'pantu`graf

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale
 

PANTOGRAPH is a 10 letter word that starts with P.

 

 See Also: mechanical device

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pan"to*graph\, n. [Panto- + -graph: cf. F.
pantographe.]
An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on
the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale. [Written
also {pantagraph}, and incorrectly {pentagraph}.]



{Skew pantograph}, a kind of pantograph for drawing a copy
   which is inclined with respect to the original figure; --
   also called {plagiograph}.

 

 

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