Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring curved lines upon a map.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved line, as on a map.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
device formeasuring the length ofcurves , such as on a map.
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Examples
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Another method for measuring curvilinear map distances is to use a mechanical device called an opisometer.
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These often included local, regional and nationwide plans that most needed an opisometer and a Rubik's Cube to decipher.
reesetee commented on the word opisometer
an instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring curved
lines, as on a map
March 2, 2007