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planimeter|pləˈnɪmɪtə(r)| Also -metre. [ad. F. planimètre, f. plani- + -mètre, -meter.] An instrument for mechanically measuring the area of an irregular plane figure.
1858in Simmonds Dict. Trade. 1872F. J. Bramwell in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 401 Amsler's Planimeter..for measuring the area of any figure, however irregular, by the mere passage of a tracer round about its perimeter. 1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. xv. 355 The area of all the leaves together with their footstalks, was found by a planimetre. 1898Engineering Mag. XVI. 115/1 The area enclosed was measured by a planimeter. |