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PLANIMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does planimeter mean?
• PLANIMETER (noun)
The noun PLANIMETER has 1 sense:
1. a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure
Familiarity information: PLANIMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
integrator; planimeter
Hypernyms ("planimeter" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
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