Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring angles of all kinds, in order to determine elevations, distances, and the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument for measuringangles for determiningelevations ,distances , etc.
Etymologies
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panto- + -meter: compare French pantomètre.
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Examples
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Vesuvius, and had himself lowered by means of a rope into the crater of the volcanic mountain and with the help of his pantometer ascertained exactly the different dimensions of the crater and its inner structure.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
bilby commented on the word pantometer
Pants!
November 3, 2011