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planimetric, a.|pleɪnɪˈmɛtrɪk| [f. as prec. + -ic: cf. Gr. µετρικός of measuring.] Belonging or relating to planimetry. So planiˈmetrical a. planimetric function (Math.), ‘a function expressing one of the relations between the areas of the three triangles formed by joining a variable point in a plane to the vertices of a fundamental triangle’: also called plane function.
1727Bailey vol. II, Planimetrical, pertaining to the Mensuration of plain Surfaces. 1802–3tr. Pallas's Trav. (1812) I. p. xvi, Planimetrical delineation of Mount Burgussan..which appears to have been formerly a fortified place. 1828–32Webster, Planimetric, Planimetrical. 1906Q. Rev. Jan. 122 A group of individual objects in ‘planimetric’ relation. |