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PLANIMETER

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

• PLANIMETER (noun)

Sense 1

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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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