Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
planimeter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
planimeter .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
planimeter .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek flat + -meter.
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Examples
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When Arthur Young wished to ascertain the relative proportions of cultivated and uncultivated land in France, he cut up a map of the country, and weighed them one against the other; but the platometer would have helped him to a more satisfactory conclusion.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 Various 1841
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